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      What If You Were Infected by the Cordyceps Fungus?

      May 20, 2020
      Cosmos, Earth

      6 Extreme Stars That Would Replace Our Sun and Destroy Life on Earth

      5 months ago
      Cosmos

      What If We Could Create a New Planet?

      January 10, 2022
      Earth

      What If the Giganotosaurus Battled the Troodon?

      July 16, 2020
      Earth, Survival

      How To Survive the World’s Deadliest Quicksand Pits

      October 27, 2022
      Cosmos

      Scientists Discovered a Monstrous Black Hole Too Close to Earth

      Black holes are dark, matter-devouring balls of gravity. Most of them are so far away that we don’t need to worry about them. But not this one. Meet Gaia BH1. This...

      Science

      What If Dinosaurs Never Went Extinct?

      How cool would it be to see a real life T-Rex? If only that one fatal asteroid never hit Earth.

      Science

      What If We Were Born Without Empathy?

      [dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] If laws didn’t govern our world, would you still know the difference between right and wrong? If you...

      Humanity

      What If We Created the Next Human Species?

      All good things must come to an end. Sadly, Homo sapiens’ time on Earth is no exception. And someone would surely take our place as the dominant species. But who? Or...

      Humanity

      What If You Tried Flying Tied to Helium Balloons?

      Scroll down to watch the video. Long after the invention of airplanes, we still dream of being able to fly on our own. But without wings, our options are kind of limited...

      Cosmos

      What If You Spent 100 Years on Mars?

      It’s been 100 Earth years since you settled on Mars. You’ve been through pain, loneliness and a lot of hard work. And now Mars is the new promised land everyone...

      Cosmos

      What If You Fell Into Jupiter’s Red Spot?

      One minute, you’re setting up a new space station orbiting Jupiter. The next, you’re plunging right into the middle of a giant, red cyclone of death. What...

      Cosmos

      What If Jupiter and Saturn Collided?

      The two biggest planets in our Solar System in one telescope view. And catastrophe is imminent. If Jupiter and Saturn suddenly were on a collision course, which of the...

      Earth

      What If Everyone Planted Their Own Christmas Tree?

      It’s the most wonderful time of the year, until you get the bill. With prices skyrocketing for this festive fir, it makes you wonder if it’s worth it. So...

      Cosmos

      What If We Found Alien Life on Enceladus?

      Aliens?! Enchiladas?! What is this world coming to? Or should I say, what is coming to this world? First of all, yes, it’s pronounced Enceladus (EN-CELL-A-DUSS)...

      Earth

      What If Earth’s Topography Was Inverted?

      What if all the Earth’s land became ocean, and all the oceans became land? And what if our mountains turned into deep trenches, while the trenches grew to the...

      Earth, MSN

      7 Ways Earth Was Completely Different 2 Billion Years Ago

      Two billion years ago, Earth was a strange and hostile place. It was an era marked by dramatic climate shifts, dangerous changes in the atmosphere, and the birth of...

      Cosmos

      What If the Great Attractor Swallowed Our Galaxy?

      These balls represent one of the strangest phenomena currently taking place in our Universe. Each ball symbolizes one of 100,000 galaxies — including our own...

      Earth

      What If Earth Was Shaped Like a Pizza?

      Forget the idea of a flat Earth and imagine instead an Earth shaped like a giant slice of pizza. At first glance, it might seem amusing and even delicious to picture...

      Humanity

      What Happens If the Mega-Earthquake Hits California Tomorrow?

      The mega-earthquake. It’s coming. We don’t know exactly when or how big it’s going to be, but it’s coming. It will be chaotic, and with millions...

      Humanity

      What If We Raised Dinosaurs for Food?

      With the world’s population growing every year, we need to find ways to produce more food. So, if we could bring dinosaurs back from the dead, would you eat them...

      Humanity, MSN New

      Nicolas Maduro Among the Top 8 Most Dangerous Leaders Today

      Number 1: Vladimir Putin. The Russian President has been one of the leading dangerous figures globally for some time now. Putin has shown he’s not afraid to go...

      Cosmos

      What If Octopus-like Creatures Inhabit Europa?

      627 million km (390 million mi) from Earth, underneath the cold seas of Europa, a horrifying, and vastly intelligent creature lurks. Can our human minds even comprehend...

      Earth

      What If a Magnitude 20 Earthquake Hits?

      Would you sleep in this earthquake-proof bed? It senses when an earthquake is happening and drops you into a safe metal chamber. Yes, we know how ridiculous this looks...

      Earth, MSN New

      12 Things You Were Lied to About Dinosaurs

      When you think of dinosaurs, images of giant, scaly reptiles like the Tyrannosaurus Rex probably come to mind. Movies, textbooks, and popular culture have shaped our...

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