Would you ever want to buy your own planet? Even if it was just the size of a house? It could be the perfect vacation spot! Unbeatable privacy and breathtaking views...
How would the world change if, all of a sudden, every biological man disappeared? Would the world become more peaceful? Why would you have to ration food? And why...
If Earth had rings like Saturn our sunsets would be an incredible spectacle. It isn't farfetched as the Earth did have rings a very long time ago, the result of a...
On average, over 8000 people die each year in the U.S. because they can’t get an organ transplant. What if we could actually rebuild our failing organs? That...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] If you had a device designed to freeze time for everything but you, life wouldn’t be anything like what...
Venus, the second planet from the Sun, is often referred to as Earth’s twin due to its similar size and gravity. However, its surface conditions are extreme...
Let’s say you’ve got two bottles of water in front of you. One is a plastic bottle, the other a reusable one. You already know that you should probably pick the reusable...
When we imagine the far future, our thoughts often leap to space travel, artificial intelligence, and life beyond our planet. But what if we stayed on Earth and fast...
Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, has enough mass to swallow millions of tons of debris. So naturally, someone has asked: Why not use Jupiter as a cosmic...
Number 1: Vladimir Putin. The Russian President has been one of the leading dangerous figures globally for some time now. Putin has shown he’s not afraid to go...
Imagine pulling into a drive through and seeing Woolly Rhino burgers on the menu. It might sound strange today, but thousands of years ago, our ancestors depended on...
Venus is the second planet from the Sun and our nearest neighbor. At its closest approach, Venus is mere 40 million km (25 million mi) away from us. After just four...
Whether you enjoy rock music, or pop, or if classical or jazz takes your fancy, we all love music. But what if we had never invented music? No, rhythms, no melodies...
Life on Mars might be like this. You’d live in giant glass domes, and grow small portions of food inside. And if you happen to go outside, it would be in your big...
Get your bone flute and gather around the fire. Today on What If, we’re taking you back to the time of woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats. That’s right...
It might sound like a scene from a science fiction movie, but the threat of an asteroid hitting Earth is more realistic than you might expect. One asteroid in...
Wouldn’t it be great to have a truly jaw-dropping view? Like windows looking directly into space? Well, it’s time to build your very own cosmic skyscraper. What would it...
A gas cloud located 500 light years away from our solar system is about to become a planet. This process usually takes a few hundred million years, but what if we made...
Deep beneath the thick layer of million-year-old ice, something is lurking quietly, waiting to rip through the rigid ice sheets. This enormous icy wasteland is sitting...
627 million km (390 million mi) from Earth, underneath the cold seas of Europa, a horrifying, and vastly intelligent creature lurks. Can our human minds even comprehend...
