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      Earth

      What If Earth Was Half Land and Half Water?

      September 14, 2022
      Body

      What If You Didn’t Change Your Underwear For One Year?

      July 7, 2021
      Earth

      What If Earth Had 10 Years Left?

      October 1, 2021
      Cosmos

      What If You Got Stuck in a Time Loop?

      August 28, 2020
      Earth

      What If Sandworms Were the Size of Humans?

      December 14, 2020
      Earth

      What If We Drained the Mediterranean?

      Scroll down to watch the video. Imagine the Mediterranean Sea is disappearing! Old shipwrecks are rearing their ugly heads as the water drains around them, and...

      MSN New, Earth

      We May Be About to Learn How to Control Hurricanes

      Every year, powerful hurricanes sweep across oceans and threaten millions of people. These massive storms can destroy cities, flood coastlines, and leave behind billions...

      Cosmos, Humanity, MSN New

      What If the Moon Landing Never Happened?

      It was an image that defined an era of space exploration. In 1969, an estimated 600 million people watched from their living rooms as Apollo 11’s Eagle lander...

      MSN, DailyMoment, MSN New

      It’s National Pet Day: What If We Didn’t Have Pets?

      Pets can be many things to people. To some, pets are life-changing family members. To others, they’re noisy troublemakers. And pets are the stars of hilarious...

      MSN New

      One Wrong Step Sends You Into a Lake Sealed Under Antarctica

      Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore one of Jupiter’s moons without ever leaving Earth? Or what would happen to your body under a monstrous...

      HTS MSN

      A 2.5 Meter Bull Shark Attacked a Teenager, His Brother Jumped In After Him

      A family vacation in Florida was supposed to be a relaxing escape filled with sunshine, fishing and swimming. Instead, one afternoon turned into a terrifying fight for...

      MSN New, Earth

      What Earth Would Actually Look Like With Two Suns in the Sky

      There are sunsets on other planets even more spectacular than the ones on Earth. What if we could see not just one, but two suns falling below the Earth’s horizon...

      Earth

      What If the Argentinosaurus Was Alive Today?

      Taller than a six-story building. Longer than three school buses. Ten times as heavy as an elephant. The largest dinosaur ever is coming back from extinction. What would...

      Humanity, MSN New

      What Would Happen If Putin Suddenly Died?

      A former KGB agent, Vladimir Putin, likes to project what he considers to be a masculine image. Reports state his obsession with returning Russia to the former glory...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Find Out What Life Is Like on the New Earth Gliese 12 b

      Around 40 light years away from Earth, hidden in the constellation Pisces, there is a small alien world that has captured the attention of scientists around the world...

      MSN New

      Artemis II Marks Progress but Moon Settlements Remain Far From Reality

      Humanity is preparing to return to the Moon in ways not seen since the Apollo era. New missions like Artemis II represent a major step forward in space exploration, but...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What Would Happen If We Could Open a Portal to a Parallel Universe?

      What if there are other universes, just like ours? With an infinite number of Earths? With uncountable versions of you? And what if we don’t have to look too far...

      HTS MSN

      Why the Bull Ant Is the Most Dangerous Ant on Earth

      You feel something bite into your skin. A sharp pain shoots through your body as you look down and see a powerful insect locked onto you. But the bite is only the...

      Earth, MSN New

      Can You Imagine a Megalodon Hiding in the Mariana Trench?

      You’re in the deepest part of our oceans. The Mariana Trench. Suddenly, your sub experiences an earthquake. And when you look outside, you see the terrifying...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If These Exoplanets Orbited Our Sun?

      Our galaxy is full of strange worlds, but what would happen if we could bring some of them into our own Solar System? Moving exoplanets closer helps us imagine how...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What If Exoplanets Replaced Our Solar System?

      Our Solar System has remained remarkably stable for billions of years. Every planet follows a carefully balanced orbit, held together by the Sun’s gravity. But...

      Cosmos

      What If a Dark Hydrogen Iceberg Fell to Earth?

      A mysterious interstellar object is on a collision course with Earth. And scientists don’t know what it is. What could this new astrophysical object be? Where did it...

      HTS MSN

      A Grizzly Dragged Her Out of Her Tent and Devoured Her

      In July 1984, 25 year old Swiss tourist Brigitta Fredenhagen was exploring Yellowstone National Park when she decided to spend the night camping. After preparing dinner...

      HTS MSN

      65,000 Kangaroos Live on This Island, and They Aren’t the Biggest Threat

      Their bodies may be human-sized, but make no mistake, kangaroos are six to seven times stronger than we are. A single kick can deliver a force of over 320 kg (700 lb)...

      HTS MSN

      How to Avoid the Ladder Fall That Injures Thousands a Year

      Ladders have been part of human life for thousands of years. Ancient cave paintings dating back around 10,000 years even show people using ladders to reach higher places...

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