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      What If You Fell Into a Pool of Stingrays?

      June 14, 2020
      Cosmos

      What If We Dug a Hole Through the Moon?

      May 11, 2020
      Cosmos

      What If Earth Was the Size of Jupiter?

      January 24, 2022
      Body

      What If You Didn’t Leave the Bathtub for a Month?

      September 27, 2021
      Body

      What If You Were Attacked by a Bear?

      February 21, 2022
      Science

      What If a Magnetar Entered Our Solar System?

      This is the most powerful object in the Universe. The biggest spinning magnet to ever exist. It’s the cosmic equivalent of a great white shark. But it...

      Cosmos

      What If You Were Alive During the Big Bang?

      In the beginning, there was nothing. Well, except for you. And the Big Bang. What would the first moments of the Universe be like? What would happen over the next...

      Cosmos, Earth, Humanity

      48 Hours After Alien Contact

      It starts with a signal. Faint, strange, and unlike anything humanity has ever recorded. Within hours, it escalates into an event that changes the course of history as...

      Science

      What If Earth Was Near the Center of the Milky Way?

      See that strip of stars splashed across the night sky? That’s our home galaxy, the Milky Way. You can see it from Earth because we live on its very outskirts, far...

      MSN New, Science

      What If Humanity Was Frozen for 1,000 Years?

      Rise and shine! You’ve been asleep for 1,000 years! And the view outside is not how you remembered it. Rising temperatures, rising sea levels, declining air...

      Humanity

      What If There Were No Military Anywhere?

      Militaries around the world are money-eating machines. And they keep getting more expensive. In 2019, the world spent $1.917 trillion on all the different militaries...

      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...

      Earth

      What If The Earth’s Core Cooled Down?

      Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, there’s a scorching ball of iron surrounded by an ocean of boiling hot liquid metal – the Earth’s core...

      Cosmos

      What If All Nukes Exploded in Space?

      Nuclear weapons are the most powerful and frightening tools ever created by humanity. With over twelve thousand warheads spread across the globe, these devices hold...

      Earth

      What If Starbucks Dumped Its Waste in the Amazon?

      Starbucks could save the Amazon rainforest. Okay, maybe not completely, but it could help the Amazon rainforest regrow. And all Starbucks would need to do is dump some...

      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...

      Science

      What If the Energy Revolution Happened Overnight?

      What if everyone on the planet said "no" to their gas-powered cars right now? And not just cars - gas dryers, water heaters, gas stoves, lawn mowers... What if we...

      Earth

      What If the Giganotosaurus Battled the Troodon?

      It’s brain vs. brawns in the ultimate dinosaur showdown. In one corner, we have the giganotosaurus and in the other, the troodon. Although they lived in two...

      Science

      What If Our Sun Became a Neutron Star?

      [dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Stars with a much larger mass than our Sun burn out after just a few million years; in a gigantic explosion known as...

      Science

      What If Earth’s Axis Was Tilted by 90 Degrees?

      [dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] The Earth sits comfortably in its orbit tilted on its axis at 23 degrees. Knock the planet over – and it...

      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...

      Earth

      What If You Fell Into a Pool of Jellyfish?

      Jellyfish are some of the most dangerous creatures in the ocean. Just touching the wrong one can lead to a swift death. And now, these people are swimming with millions...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      Biggest Lies You Were Told About Space

      THE SUN IS A GIANT BALL OF FIRE No. Our Sun isn’t a raging bonfire in the center of the Solar System. It’s actually a nuclear reactor. Inside stars, hydrogen...

      Earth

      What If the Earth Was Actually Flat?

      If the Earth had an edge, I hope it would look like this. The edge of a flat Earth. I know, I know, we’ve talked about it before. But there’s something...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If We Could Build a Matrioshka Brain?

      Do you ever question the nature of your reality? Are you real? Or are you a product of some complex computer simulation? What I’m about to tell you might change...

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