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      Body

      What If You Got Caught in a Giant Spider Web?

      September 8, 2020
      Body

      What If Everyone Wore Medical Face Masks?

      April 9, 2020
      Cosmos

      What If You Lived on Uranus?

      February 21, 2022
      Earth

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

      August 25, 2025
      Science

      What Happens If You Wake up During Surgery?

      March 22, 2019
      Earth

      What If The Empire State Building Was Swallowed by a Sinkhole?

      The ground around the Empire State Building appears to be sinking. This historic landmark is about to get lost in a giant pit. And you will be coming down with it. If a...

      HTS MSN

      10 cm Claws and “It’s Not Slow When It Attacks”

      At first glance, a sloth hardly looks like an animal you should be afraid of. It moves slowly, spends most of its life hanging from tree branches, and often appears to...

      Humanity, MSN New, Technology

      A.I. Predicts Drone War On America

      Imagine your entire neighborhood under the ever-watchful gaze of a swarm of silent drones. Creepy, right? Now, all conspiracies aside, more and more drones are fighting...

      HTS MSN

      Cute Until It Isn’t: Surviving a Beaver Attack in the Wild

      Dan Wherley never imagined a beaver could be dangerous. In his mind, they were slow, harmless dam builders. That changed in seconds when a rabid beaver suddenly leapt...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Uranus Uncovered The Hellish Reality Beneath the Serene Blue Haze

      From a distance, Uranus is one of the most attractive objects in the Solar System. A pale blue sphere, calm and evenly colored, floating out there in the dark. That...

      MSN New, Humanity

      Why No Country Would Ever Actually Win World War III

      Whenever people imagine World War III, the question is always the same: who would win? The United States, Russia, or China are usually seen as the three most powerful...

      HTS MSN

      A Kangaroo Went After an Entire Family, and a Broom and Shovel Were No Match

      Australia’s iconic, cute, cuddly, hop-along creatures might not be as friendly as you think they are. Kangaroos have a dangerous side. They can be very aggressive if...

      HTS MSN

      The Trainer Was Ending the Show, Then Tilikum Pulled Her Into the Water

      What began as an ordinary afternoon performance at SeaWorld Florida suddenly became one of the most disturbing incidents in the park’s history. On February 24th, 2010...

      Earth

      What If Earth Was Half Land and Half Water?

      Imagine Earth with an even 50/50 split between continents and oceans. Our planet covered half by land half by water. How would this change the planet as you know it...

      HTS MSN

      An 82-Year-Old Woman Was Told Nothing About the Bed Bug Treatment, Then She Died

      Every time you go to sleep, there could be thousands of these thirsty critters sucking your blood, growing and growing. And yes, they will kill you if you let them. So...

      MSN New

      What If Antibiotics Had Never Been Discovered?

      Herbs. Honey. Moldy Bread. Animal Feces. In ancient times, these were the go-to remedies for disease and infection. We’ve come a long way since then. Or have we...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      A Once Warm World Slowly Turned Into the Red Desert We Know Today

      THE BEGINNING – 4.5 BILLION YEARS AGO On Mars, this stage is called the Pre Noachian era. Mars had just formed from dust and gas inside the early solar disk, the...

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      He Never Heard the Wolf Coming Until It Was on His Head, Then He Pulled Its Jaws Away

      On August 24, 2013, Noah Graham went camping with his girlfriend and four others at Camp Winnibigoshish in Minnesota. The group had set up their tents and were hanging...

      Technology

      Facebook’s (Meta’s) Secret World Domination Plan

      Almost half of the world’s population uses one of Meta’s services every month. Facebook and Instagram combined hold over 75% of the social media market share, and...

      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...

      Science

      What If Genetically Modified People Became the Norm?

      What makes the perfect human? Immaculate features? Indomitable Intelligence? Incomparable wit? Or irresistible charm? What if you could modify your genes? What if...

      MSN New, Earth

      A Powerful Storm Revealed a 5,000-Year-Old Village Hidden Beneath the Sand in Scotland

      For thousands of years, a forgotten village lay hidden beneath layers of sand on a remote island in Scotland. Its stone walls, ancient furniture, and mysterious rooms...

      Earth, MSN New

      What If You Were Sucked Into a Fire Tornado?

      Ashes and smoke cover the sky. Your hometown is sieged by massive wildfires. You rush to escape. Unaware that behind you, the wind and the heat have created a monster. A...

      Science

      What If You Fell Into a Spent Nuclear Fuel Pool?

      You just fell into a pool with this thing. What is this? How would falling in here affect your health? And could you actually survive this? This is a spent nuclear fuel...

      MSN New

      How Long Could a Human Survive on Venus?

      Venus sits just one step closer to the Sun than Earth, making it our nearest planetary neighbor. At certain points in its orbit, it comes within roughly 40 million...

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