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      What If You Skydived Into a Tornado?

      September 13, 2019
      Body

      What If You Squat for 24 Hours Straight?

      December 28, 2021
      Cosmos

      What If a Black Hole Is Already in Our Solar System?

      October 6, 2021
      Science

      What If Genetically Modified People Became the Norm?

      November 6, 2018
      Body

      5 Things That Would Happen to Your Body Without Bones

      August 26, 2025
      MSN New

      Scientists Believe That the Next Pandemic Could Come From Space

      When people think about space threats, they usually imagine asteroid impacts, solar storms, or distant supernova explosions. But some scientists warn that the most...

      HTS MSN

      The Tornado Is Coming, and One Wrong Move Could Cost You Your Life

      A tornado can turn an ordinary afternoon into a terrifying emergency within minutes. Powerful rotating winds can tear roofs apart, overturn vehicles, snap trees, and...

      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...

      HTS MSN

      White Island: The Worst Volcano Tragedy Caught On Camera

      What was meant to be a once in a lifetime adventure quickly turned into one of the deadliest volcanic disasters ever recorded on camera. Whakaari, also known as White...

      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...

      MSN New, Earth

      A Black Hole Just Swallowed the Sun. Here’s What Happens to Earth

      It’s almost as old as the Universe, and as massive as 34 billion Suns. It eats stars for breakfast. And now it’s about to consume our own. Behold, the great...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Would Happen if a Blazar Entered Our Solar System?

      Swipe Down for Full Video Story We’ve thrown a lot of disasters at Earth over the years: from asteroids and aliens, to the Sun’s death. But hey, the Universe is a...

      MSN New, Humanity

      AI Just Replaced Every Teacher on Earth, and Here’s What Classrooms Became

      Imagine walking into a classroom where there is no teacher standing at the front of the room. Instead, every student is guided by an artificial intelligence system that...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Find Out What Would Happen to Your Body If You Died on Jupiter

      Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System, and it is also one of the most extreme places humans could ever encounter. This massive gas giant is filled with...

      Earth

      What If Earth Was Shaped Like a Donut?

      On our hypothetical journey, we’ve already tested out living on a flat Earth, a cubical Earth, even a hollow Earth. What do you say we try to survive on an Earth...

      Cosmos

      What If We Could Create a New Planet?

      Welcome to the Solar System construction zone. Today you’ll be using our cosmic sandbox to build a brand new planet. What would you need to create a rocky planet like...

      MSN New, Earth

      What if Earth Started Spinning Backwards?

      Since its formation, the Earth has been revolving west to east on its axis. If one day our planet started rotating in the opposite direction, it would no longer be the...

      MSN New, Humanity

      What If All 7,000 Languages Became One? Here’s What We’d Lose

      In September 2019, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary added 530 new words to its collection, which now totals roughly 470,000 words. Needless to say, language, all languages...

      MSN New, Earth

      Billions of Cicadas Just Emerged for the First Time in 17 Years, and Here’s Why It Matters

      For the first time in 17 years, billions of cicadas are crawling out of the ground across parts of the United States. Their sudden appearance may look like the beginning...

      DailyMoment, Earth, Humanity, MSN, MSN New

      Earth Day: What Happens If We Plant a Trillion Trees?

      It’s dawn, it’s dark, and you don’t what kind of weather is waiting for you outside your tent. It doesn’t matter anyway. In rain, hail, sleet...

      HTS MSN

      Inside the Most Complex Cave Rescue in History: The Thai Cave Story

      On June 23, 2018, twelve boys from a youth soccer team known as the Wild Boars and their assistant coach entered Thailand’s Tham Luang cave system after soccer practice...

      MSN New, Earth

      Scientists Reached the Bottom of the Mariana Trench, and Something Far Stranger Was Waiting Below

      Far beneath the surface of the western Pacific sits one of the most punishing environments this planet has to offer. The Mariana Trench was never meant to welcome...

      MSN New, Earth

      What If Earth’s Topography Was Inverted?

      What if all the Earth’s land became ocean, and all the oceans became land? And what if our mountains turned into deep trenches, while the trenches grew to the...

      MSN New, Earth

      What If Vertical Farms Became the Future of Food?

      As our population grows, we’re going to need a lot more farms to feed the planet. Yet, in a lot of places, farming is almost impossible. And much of the land we...

      Earth

      What If Sea Levels Suddenly Rose 500 Meters?

      Chaos overtakes the streets, and the news spreads like wildfire. Sea levels have suddenly risen 500 meters, and giant waves are headed your way. Where could you hide to...

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