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      Earth

      12 Things About the Ocean That Are Scarier Than Outer Space

      10 months ago
      Earth

      What If Giant Mushrooms Grew on Earth?

      May 2, 2020
      Earth

      7 Alarming Things That Would Happen If the World Lost Oxygen for 5 Seconds

      12 months ago
      Humanity

      What If Lightsabers Were Real?

      March 8, 2021
      Body

      What If We Generated Electricity With Our Bodies?

      January 12, 2020
      Humanity

      What If Lizard People Ruled the World?

      Attention, humans. Shapeshifting alien lizards have taken control of your world. They’ve maneuvered themselves into positions of power. And they could be anyone. Where...

      Earth

      What If You Fell Into Niagara Falls?

      Scroll to the bottom to watch the video.  They’re not the biggest falls on Earth, not by a long shot. But they’re certainly among the most famous. Niagara...

      Humanity

      What If There Were an Underground City Below Denver Airport?

      Scroll down to watch our video. This may look like a regular airport, but people believe that beneath it there is an underground city. And not just any underground city...

      MSN New

      The Ultimate Mimic in the Animal Kingdom

      In the dense forests of Australia lives one of the most extraordinary sound imitators in the animal kingdom, a bird capable of copying almost any noise it hears with...

      Humanity, MSN, MSN New

      What If the US and Israel Split?

      The US and Israel have been allies for nearly 80 years. Billions in weapons. Dozens of UN vetoes. It’s a relationship that defined the modern Middle East. But what...

      HTS MSN

      The Andes Flight Tragedy Nobody is Talking About

      On a dark December night in 1995, a routine commercial flight turned into one of the most devastating aviation disasters in modern history. What began as a standard...

      HTS MSN

      Why They Didn’t Survive Action Park

      For years, Action Park in New Jersey was known as the most dangerous amusement park in America. Thousands of visitors left with cuts, broken bones, burns, and stitches...

      Science

      Diving Into a Black Hole: Adventure or an Abyss?

      Say one day you were exploring space looking for a new planet for humans to inhabit, but came across a black hole and decided – why not check it out? Would you...

      Earth

      What If Giant Sloths Didn’t Go Extinct?

      Really slow. So what if evolution had the same mindset, and decided to take its time before getting rid of some prehistoric creatures? What if the giant sloth was still...

      MSN New

      Where Can You Find One of the Ugliest Fish in the World?

      Deep beneath the ocean’s surface lives a creature so strange that it looks more like an alien than a fish. With oversized fangs, a massive head, and a body adapted...

      HTS MSN

      Why the Cassowary Is Called the World’s Deadliest Bird

      If you ever find yourself deep in a rainforest and hear something heavy moving through the trees, you might want to stop and listen carefully. Because what is...

      Earth

      What If Earth Was Shaped Like an American Football?

      Imagine an enormous football stranded in the Solar System. I mean, the Earth shaped like one. What could cause our planet to change its shape so drastically? And what...

      HTS MSN

      Night Raiders of Africa: How Hyena Attacks Turn Deadly in Seconds

      When you are in hyena territory, the danger often begins long before you ever see the animal. Nightfall, silence, and a poorly secured campsite can turn an ordinary rest...

      HTS MSN

      How to Live Without Sunlight on Earth

      They say doomsday is near. But you have been safe in your bunker for months, far away from the chaos outside. At first, isolation felt like protection. Now your body...

      Cosmos

      What If There Were an Alien Civilization on Proxima b?

      Attention human. You are receiving an interstellar radio transmission. And it could be coming from one of the nearest exoplanets, Proxima Centauri b. What conditions...

      Earth

      What If North America Suddenly Sank Into the Oceans?

      Imagine if Earth suddenly lost an entire continent. North America wouldn’t just vanish off the face of the planet, of course. Instead, it would sink into the...

      Cosmos

      What If You Visited the Galaxy’s Most Dangerous Planet?

      There are places in the Universe where you could turn to ash, freeze to death or be completely crushed by gravity. And you’re about to visit them all. What...

      Science

      The Vegan Dream: What If We All Stopped Eating Meat?

      To meat, or not to meat: that is the hotly debated question. How would life on Earth change if we stopped eating all things animal?

      MSN New

      What If a Mole Rat’s Gene Could Make You Live Longer?

      What if reaching 150 years old was no longer science fiction? Imagine a world where aging slowed dramatically, cancer became far less common, and your body could repair...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      Imagine Building a City on Mars From Scratch

      The next step in space exploration isn’t generations away. It’s happening right now. And our destination? That mysterious, desolate world next door, Mars...

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