What If Show

  • Home
  • Cosmos
  • Earth
  • Humanity
  • Survival
  • Philosophy
  • What If Kids
  • Map View
  • Solar View
  • BOOK
  • ···
    What If Show
    • Home
    • Cosmos
    • Earth
    • Humanity
    • Survival
    • Philosophy
    • What If Kids
    • Map View
    • Solar View
    • BOOK
    • ···
      What If Show
      • Home
      • Cosmos
      • Earth
      • Humanity
      • Survival
      • Philosophy
      • What If Kids
      • Map View
      • Solar View
      • BOOK
      Cosmos

      What If Two Black Holes Collided?

      January 21, 2020
      Cosmos

      What If Every Black Hole Suddenly Exploded?

      July 9, 2021
      Cosmos

      What If the Moon Exploded?

      October 20, 2020
      Body

      What If We Could Communicate From Brain to Brain?

      June 6, 2018
      Cosmos

      What If the Universe Isn’t Uniform?

      June 13, 2020
      Technology

      What If All Houses Were Covered With Solar Panels?

      Rise. and. shine! Get up and seize the day! You can do anything under the sun…when the sun powers everything. Your phone, your home, and all that’s in...

      Earth

      What If We Woke Up Volcanoes to Fight Climate Change?

      Several volcanoes around the world are being woken up on purpose. The mission? To use volcanic eruptions to protect the Earth from global warming. In what ways could you...

      HTS MSN

      Inside Scientology: The Dark Secrets That Former Members Say the Church Tried to Hide

      For decades, Danny Masterson was known around the world for his role as Steven Hyde on That ’70s Show. But in 2020, the actor was charged with sexually assaulting...

      MSN New, Earth

      What If You Lived in the Cambrian Period?

      Imagine being transported 500 million years into Earth’s past, landing in a world that feels both alien and dangerously unfamiliar. You have just arrived in the Cambrian...

      MSN New, Earth

      The Amazon Could Collapse, and the Consequences Would Reach Far Beyond South America

      The Amazon rainforest is one of the largest forests on the globe and is so extensive that it is difficult to conceive of it ever vanishing. However, people are cutting...

      HTS MSN

      Inside a Cult: How People Get Trapped and How to Get Out

      At first, it doesn’t look dangerous. Maybe it’s a self help seminar. A spiritual community. A group that promises happiness, purpose, and a place to belong...

      MSN New

      The Reason Termites Lick Their Own Queens to Death

      Termites are some of the oldest insects on Earth, with fossils dating back around 130 million years to the Early Cretaceous period. Today, they can be found on six of...

      MSN New, Earth

      Meet the Tallest Wild Canine With a Very Strange Secret

      The year is 2006, and police in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, receive an unusual report from the local zoo. Visitors and staff have apparently noticed the unmistakable...

      HTS MSN

      A Volcanic Cloud Is Racing Toward You. Here’s Your Only Chance

      A volcano starts rumbling, and suddenly erupts. But instead of seeing lava trickling down, you see a massive cloud of ash quickly coming towards you. This isn’t...

      HTS MSN

      How the Rare Few Have Survived Going Over Niagara Falls

      Located on the border of Ontario, Canada, and New York State, this amazing waterfall system is comprised of three different waterfalls with a combined width of 1,204 m...

      MSN New

      What Happens If You Were Bitten by One Million Mosquitoes?

      It starts with one bite. Then, one hundred. Soon, one thousand. Now a swarm of one million bloodsucking mosquitoes descends on you. Why is your blood their favorite...

      Earth

      Day 1 to Year 200: What Happens If Earth Becomes a Real Life Waterworld

      Earth is already known as the blue planet, with 70% of its surface covered by oceans. But what if the remaining 30% of land suddenly disappeared? The consequences would...

      MSN New, Cosmos, MSN

      What If NASA Built a City on the Moon?

      Don’t Miss the Full Video Story Below The year is 2126, and Earthrise is no longer something you only see in textbooks or old footage. It is what you wake up to every...

      MSN New, Earth

      Imagining a Canal Between the United States and Mexico

      What if we physically separated the United States and Mexico with a massive engineered waterway? In theory, it could create entirely new trade routes, generate huge...

      MSN New, Earth

      Scientists Say Earth’s Core May Work Like a Giant Nuclear Reactor

      Deep beneath the Earth lies a mysterious and powerful force. A wellspring of nuclear energy which could one day rip us apart. Many scientists have found clues that...

      MSN New, Earth

      The Moon Would Vanish, and Life on Earth Would Never Be the Same

      Since the dawn of human curiosity, the Moon has been a constant fixture overhead, quietly pulling at the tides, marking the passage of time, and shaping conditions on...

      Earth, MSN New

      What If the Whole Planet Was One City?

      First off, we’re going to have to be a Type 1 civilization. Then collectively, we can use all the energy available on our planet. It also gets rid of the monotony of...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      10 Times Earth’s Gravity, 200°C Oceans, and a Planet That Could Destroy Earth’s Orbit

      Jupiter is old. Like 4.5 billion years old. It started as a swirling disk of gas and dust that formed into a pretty big planetary core. With time, Jupiter’s core...

      HTS MSN

      Exotic Animal Owner Nearly Kills a Community: The Zanesville Massacre

      In the fall of 2011, the quiet town of Zanesville, Ohio, was thrown into chaos by an event so extreme it stunned the entire United States. What began as an ordinary...

      HTS MSN

      Murderers and Rapists Live on This Island Prison, but It Looks More Like a Resort

      Imagine being convicted of murder or rape and then being sent to an island where you could spend your days farming, swimming, playing tennis, or walking along the beach...

      Previous 1 … 19 20 21 22 23 … 125 Next

      Follow the What If show

      • facebook
      • youtube
      • snapchat
      • instagram

      Popular What Ifs

      Body

      What If You Were Attacked by a Giant Squid?

      Cosmos

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

      Earth

      What If the Earth’s Crust Suddenly Opened Up?

      Humanity

      What If Monkeys Took Over the World?

      Cosmos

      What If You Lived on a Tiny Planet?

      • Book-sidebar-promo-retina.jpg

      Underknown

      Making science accessible on social media since 2017. Find out more

      Contact
      Advertise
      Licensing
      Newsletter
      Privacy Policy
      Cookie Policy
      Terms of Service
      Our Production Process

      About

      What If is presented by Underknown, a production company creating a variety of short-doc series that search for the underlying truth of how our world operates and how it came to be. Our shows take you to the frontiers of science and make the most complex ideas and theories entertaining and accessible.

      Popular What Ifs

      What If the U.S. Started World War III?

      What If You Swallowed Gallium?

      What If We Built a Stanford Torus?

      Topics

      • Body294
      • Cosmos520
      • Earth749
      • Humanity444
      • Technology45

      Copyright © 2026 Underknown, Backyard Media Inc. All Rights Reserved.