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      Body

      What If You Got Infected by an Alien Parasite?

      October 5, 2021
      Cosmos

      What If You Swam in Titan’s Lakes for 5 Seconds?

      October 26, 2023
      Body

      What If You Only Drank Coffee?

      April 28, 2021
      Body

      What If You Only Drank Gatorade?

      June 21, 2021
      Science

      What If Menstrual Products Were Free Everywhere?

      April 4, 2019
      Cosmos, Earth, Humanity

      48 Hours After Alien Contact

      It starts with a signal. Faint, strange, and unlike anything humanity has ever recorded. Within hours, it escalates into an event that changes the course of history as...

      MSN New

      What If Wildlife Is Part of a Global Monitoring System?

      Imagine stepping outside your house and realizing you are never truly alone. A pigeon sits on a telephone wire across the street. A squirrel runs along a fence. A deer...

      Earth

      What If Olympus Mons Was Located in South America?

      From space, it would look like Earth had a giant pimple. Smack dab in the middle of Brazil. Back on the ground, you’d be astonished by the enormity of Olympus Mons. The...

      Science

      What Happens If You Don’t Shower for a Month?

      Every morning or every night. Before going out. Definitely after the big game. For most people, showering is routine. But for some, it’s religion. But if lots of...

      Earth

      What If the World Lost Oxygen for an Hour?

      Imagine if all the Earth’s oxygen disappeared. Not forever, just for, say, an hour? Could you hold your breath that long? What would happen to the atmosphere? And...

      MSN New

      The Day Earth Lost Every Satellite Would Change Civilization Overnight

      Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Discover why modern civilization depends on thousands of satellites that most people never think about...

      Earth

      What If All Antarctica’s Ice Suddenly Melted?

      Underneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheet lies one of the planet’s greatest mysteries. What would happen if every last piece of ice on the southern continent suddenly...

      Science

      What If Earth Suddenly Lost Its Atmosphere?

      Let's say, the Earth's magnetic field took a break and allowed strong solar winds to strip away our protective space-blanket. Would Earth instantly turn into a big...

      Cosmos

      What If the Great Attractor Swallowed Our Galaxy?

      These balls represent one of the strangest phenomena currently taking place in our Universe. Each ball symbolizes one of 100,000 galaxies — including our own...

      MSN New

      What If Artificial Intelligence Could Predict Your Every Move

      Artificial intelligence is getting better at understanding people every year. It recommends the movies we watch, the products we buy, and even the music we listen to...

      Technology

      What If You Could Power a Spaceship with Antimatter?

      Antimatter is the most potent fuel source known to humanity. And it could be the secret to faster-than-light space travel. But where in the Universe would we find...

      Earth

      What If the Argentinosaurus Was Alive Today?

      Taller than a six-story building. Longer than three school buses. Ten times as heavy as an elephant. The largest dinosaur ever is coming back from extinction. What would...

      Humanity

      What If We Traveled One Billion Years Into the Past?

      Imagine if you could take in all of human history in the blink of an eye. Well, from the first steps on the moon to the first steps out of the slime, that’s...

      Earth

      What If You Never Threw Anything Away?

      Hoarders. They can’t bear to throw anything away. They pile up stuff everywhere, cluttering every space until they can’t move anymore. What if we could flip...

      Earth, MSN, MSN New

      Life in the Devonian Period: What It Was Really Like

      Human beings have existed for 300,000 years and have managed to live in many unstable environments. We’ve survived ice ages, devastating pandemics and world wars...

      Earth, MSN New

      Imagine If You Met a Time Traveler?

      In 1998, a gentleman by the name of John Titor arrived from the future, or so he said. In his timeline, as he claimed, General Electric had managed to invent time travel...

      Earth, MSN New

      What If You Were Sucked Into a Fire Tornado?

      Ashes and smoke cover the sky. Your hometown is sieged by massive wildfires. You rush to escape. Unaware that behind you, the wind and the heat have created a monster. A...

      Earth

      What If We Set Aside Half the Planet for Wildlife?

      About 65 million years ago, a mass extinction event occurred, wiping out more than 75% of all species on Earth. There have only been 5 mass extinctions in our...

      Technology

      What If We Could Control Hurricanes?

      Every year, hurricanes batter the North Atlantic and affect millions of people. The damage can be catastrophic, and these storms are getting worse. But what if we had a...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      How Would Humans Evolve on a Super Earth?

      Scientists have discovered many planets similar to Earth beyond our solar system. These exoplanets can be up to 10 times larger than Earth, which might be ideal for our...

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