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      Cosmos

      What If We Dug a Hole Through the Moon?

      May 11, 2020
      Earth

      What If Two Hurricanes Collided?

      May 29, 2020
      Science

      What If Almost Everyone (Who Can) Worked From Home?

      April 23, 2019
      Cosmos

      What If You Spent 100 Years on Mars?

      August 23, 2021
      Cosmos

      What If You Jumped on Every Planet in the Solar System?

      March 18, 2022
      Humanity, Health, MSN New

      What If We Never Aged?

      In the past 200 years, the average life expectancy on Earth has more than doubled. But despite being able to live longer, we still haven’t figured out a way to...

      MSN New, Earth

      A 11 Trillion Dollar Canal Could Cut Through the U.S. and Mexico, and Change North America Forever

      How about we rip the United States and Mexico apart from each other, geographically speaking? It would open up new trade routes that would make a ton of money for both...

      MSN New, Humanity

      Your Thoughts Go Online, and the Internet Becomes Part of Your Mind

      Imagine waking up tomorrow and realizing you no longer need a phone, a keyboard, or even a screen. You simply think about a question, and the answer appears in your mind...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      If Earth Broke Free From the Sun, Here’s How Long You’d Last

      For billions of years, the Sun’s gravitational has kept Earth’s orbit on a steady and reliable path. But this rogue star has other plans for our planet. This...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What If You Spent 5 Seconds on Triton?

      You might be wondering how I keep ending up in these situations. Well, let me roll it back a bit. Triton, Neptune’s gargantuan moon, is one of the strangest objects in...

      HTS MSN

      They Killed for Years Before Anyone Could Stop Them

      Throughout history, certain murderers have committed crimes so horrifying that their names became permanently associated with fear. They often appeared ordinary on the...

      HTS MSN

      The History and Lessons Behind the World’s Most Dangerous Cults

      Throughout history, some of the most dangerous groups have not started with violence or fear. They often begin with something much more appealing: promises of belonging...

      HTS MSN

      More Than 100 Electric Eels Could Surround You in the Amazon With 860 Volts

      You are standing in the murky water of the Amazon when something long and slippery moves against your leg. Before you can step away, another creature passes by. Then you...

      Time Square submerged
      Earth

      This is What Our Cities Look Like in a World Without Ice

      What if climate change was taken to the absolute extreme and the entire planet’s ice melted?

      Cosmos

      What If You Spent a Day on Every Planet in Our Solar System?

      Body-crushing pressure. Toxic atmospheres. Unbearable temperatures. That’s what would be in store if you visited other planets in our Solar System. But what other...

      Humanity

      What If We Built a Canal Between U.S. and Mexico?

      How about we rip the United States and Mexico apart from each other, geographically speaking? It would open up new trade routes that would make a ton of money for both...

      HTS MSN

      How to Survive Sun Poisoning/Severe Sunburn

      Sun poisoning is like an allergic reaction to over-exposure to UV rays and radiation from the Sun. It can result in blisters, a rash on the sunburned skin, dehydration...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Would Life Be Like on Jupiter’s Deadly Moons?

      Jupiter is not just the largest planet in our Solar System. It is also surrounded by a vast collection of moons, dozens of them in total, each one shaped by extreme...

      MSN New

      We May Be About to Discover a Second Earth

      Could we be on the verge of finding a second Earth? Astronomers are searching the galaxy for a world that could support life as well as, or perhaps even better than, our...

      HTS MSN

      What to Do in the Final Seconds of an Emergency Plane Landing

      You hear a powerful explosion. The cabin fills with smoke, passengers begin to panic, and the aircraft starts losing altitude. The fuel supply is running low, and the...

      HTS MSN

      Christa Pike Survived Two Lethal Injections, but She Wasn’t the Only One to Survive an Execution

      Christa Pike, a death row inmate in Tennessee, survived an extraordinary execution attempt involving lethal injection. After two doses of the execution drug were...

      Earth

      What If a New Continent Formed Tomorrow?

        A brand new continent has emerged in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. A process that would typically take millions of years happened overnight. How would this...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      A Gamma Ray Burst Collided With a Black Hole, and the Universe Would Get Very Strange

      Picture taking the single most energetic explosion the universe produces and hurling it directly at one of the most powerful gravitational objects ever discovered. On...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Humans Could Land on Mars in the 2030s, Then the Race to Build a New World Begins

      What if humanity’s next giant leap isn’t just a dream, but a countdown already in motion? Using current space agency plans, technological trends, and projected...

      Humanity

      6 Ways Humanity Would Struggle to Survive with Only Two People Left

      Imagine a future where the unthinkable happens. A global catastrophe wipes out nearly everyone on Earth, leaving only two human beings alive. With the survival of the...

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