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      What If Machines Took Over?

      March 14, 2019
      Cosmos

      What If Octopus-like Creatures Inhabit Europa?

      February 9, 2021
      Earth, Humanity

      7 Things That Would Happen If We Became a Type VI Civilization

      July 22, 2025
      Earth

      What If Earth’s Magnetic Field Disappeared?

      June 10, 2020
      Body

      What If You Could Walk Through Walls?

      April 30, 2020
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      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...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      Could Solar Panels on the Moon Power Earth

      Not too far from Earth is a giant space rock that has silently played host to just twelve people in its entire history. What would happen if we put our cosmic satellite...

      MSN New, Earth

      What Earth Would Actually Look Like Without Any Humans

      Imagine waking up one day to find that every human on Earth has vanished. No warning. No survivors. Cities stand exactly as they were the day before, but every street is...

      Earth

      What If a Hypercane Formed in the Atlantic Ocean Tomorrow?

      A massive asteroid just hit Earth, right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Thanks to NASA’s new infrared telescope, we were able to detect it and prepare for the...

      MSN New, Earth

      It Erupted 640,000 Years Ago, and It Built the Landscape You See Today

      The scenery at Yellowstone did not form gently. Those valleys, ridges, and wide open basins were carved by explosions, and the most recent one happened roughly 640,000...

      MSN New, Earth, Humanity

      Humanity Just Got the Order to Abandon Earth, and Here’s What Comes Next

      An asteroid races towards Earth. In 6 months, the world as we know it will be obliterated. What do you do? Is there time to evacuate? What would it take? And where would...

      Health, MSN, MSN New

      The Hidden Risks of Rat Infestations, Including Hantavirus

      They’ll take over your house, contaminate your food, and leave their feces all over the place. And in some cases, they can even expose you to dangerous diseases...

      HTS MSN

      Tokyo’s Subway Horror: The 1995 Sarin Gas Attack

      On the morning of March 20, 1995, millions of commuters packed into Tokyo’s subway system just as they did every weekday. Trains arrived on schedule. Office...

      MSN New

      The World’s Longest Living Animals

      While humans celebrate reaching a century of life some creatures are just getting started. From deep ocean depths to remote islands nature has engineered incredible...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      We May Be About to Settle Our First Planet Beyond the Solar System

      For centuries, humans have dreamed about finding a new home among the stars. Earth is the only planet we know that supports life, but with thousands of planets...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Callisto Is the Safest Bet, and It Is Frozen Enough to Kill Most Materials in Seconds

      Out of all the moons circling Jupiter, one stands out as the most realistic place for humans to build a base. It is called Callisto, and calling it the safest option...

      MSN New

      What If Earth Were Located Near the Milky Way’s Galactic Center?

      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, Humanity

      5 Awesome Historical Words We Should Bring Back

      Language is constantly changing. Words that were once common can disappear from everyday conversations, only to survive in old books and historical records. Some...

      MSN New, Earth

      What Will Remain of Humanity in a Billion Years?

      Imagine stepping out of a time machine one billion years from now. Instead of finding futuristic cities and advanced civilizations, you discover a planet that looks...

      Humanity

      What If Everyone Flushed at the Same Time?

      What if everyone on the planet coordinated to perform the biggest “flush mob” in history? Pushing all the wastewater in the world down the drain, all at once...

      Earth

      What If We Could Reheat the Earth’s Core?

        Forget a doomsday asteroid or melting permafrost. It’s the freezing of Earth’s core that will end the world in today’s episode. Or would it? Because maybe, just...

      HTS MSN

      A Bengal Tiger Killed 436 People, Then She Came Face to Face With a Hunter

      For years, people living near the forests of Nepal and northern India lived in fear of a predator that seemed to have developed a taste for human flesh. She became known...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Scientists Found a Planet Whose Ice Stays Frozen at Over 500 Degrees

      Imagine landing on a planet where the surface looks frozen but burns hotter than your oven. Welcome to Gliese 436b, one of the strangest known planets in the universe...

      Humanity

      What If Humans Suddenly Became as Big As Dinosaurs?

      Could humans suddenly growing to the size of dinosaurs be as catastrophic as the asteroid that wiped out the prehistoric giants? Would it even be a world ending event...

      Humanity

      What If Spiders Were the Size of Humans?

      Eight legs, eight eyes, sharp fangs, and bullet-proof webs. They’re hairy, they’re scary, and now, they’re human-sized. As many as 427 million people...

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