What If We Nuked Jupiter?

Jupiter may be the biggest planet in the Solar System, but its days are numbered. Because today, we’re using Earth’s biggest, baddest bombs to blow the gas giant...

What If Earth Had 10 Years Left?

The Earth is a dying rock and time is running out. You only have 10 years to plan your escape. How could we evacuate as many people as possible? What resources would we...

What If Aliens Are Already Here?

In 2021, the U.S. government released a report of alien sightings over the past 20 years. This report featured 144 sightings, mostly witnessed by military aviators. Only...

What If Orgasms Didn’t Exist?

At any moment of any day, the odds are that someone around the world is having an orgasm. We don’t really like to talk about them, but they’re an integral...

What If All Humans Were Asexual?

Look at the world around you. What do you see? Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. But mostly, it’s not. Why are we so driven by sex? Has it always been this way...

What If There Were No Police?

Say hello to the future of home security: the self-shielding house! I know you’re probably thinking, “why would I need so much protection? If I’m in...

What If We Drilled Through Mars?

  If you were to drill straight down into Mars, what would you find? Would the red planet reveal its true colors? Would you finally discover life on Mars? And how...

What If We Built a Stanford Torus?

One day, we want to take humanity into space. But why don’t we start small? Take one solar power station, 10,000 people, and 10 million tons of crumbled Moon rock...