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      Cosmos

      What If We Built Cloud Cities on Venus?

      August 19, 2019
      Earth

      What If a Needle Hit The Earth At The Speed Of Light?

      September 4, 2025
      Science

      What If We Had To Evacuate Earth?

      May 1, 2019
      Earth

      What If You Fell Into a Pool of Jellyfish?

      August 14, 2020
      Humanity

      What If Time Is an Illusion?

      December 3, 2018
      Cosmos

      What If the Moon Orbited Earth Faster?

      Buckle up. We’re going to take the orbit of this rock and kick it into high gear. Behold the Moon breaking its planetary speed limit. How would this event flood...

      Humanity

      What If We Had To Rebuild Human Society From Scratch?

      The world has ended. The sky has fallen. Doomsday has come and gone. So now what? Let’s start rebuilding civilization, of course. How would you begin to come back from...

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      Two Lions Started Hunting Humans at Night, and an Entire Railway Project Nearly Stopped

      When a wild predator stops avoiding people and begins deliberately treating humans as prey, an ordinary environment can become terrifying almost overnight. That is...

      HTS MSN

      This Prison Had 1,500 Inmates, but They Became Famous for Something Nobody Expected

      Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in the Philippines is not the kind of place most people would associate with fame. The facility housed more than...

      Earth

      What If You Went Surfing on a Tsunami?

      There’s something approaching from the distance that you can’t stop. It can completely destroy cities and kill tens of thousands of people. It looks like...

      HTS MSN

      300 Million Deaths, 90% Fatality, and One Virus That Is Almost Always Deadly

      You called in sick yesterday because you thought you had the flu, but today you feel even worse. You have heavy bleeding and delirium because you’ve got one of the...

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      The First 24 Hours of a Zombie Apocalypse Would Decide Whether You Live

      The dead are rising. The infection is spreading faster than anyone can contain it, and defenses are already failing. A study by the University of Leicester theorized...

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      He Was Knocked Under by 15 Meter Waves, but Somehow Made It Back to the Surface

      You’re on the hunt for the biggest, raddest wave imaginable. You know that the world record for the largest wave ever surfed was set by Rodrigo Koxa in 2017 when he...

      Cosmos

      What If Earth Was the Size of Jupiter?

      Ever feel like the Earth is just too small? Well, let’s make it bigger. Much, much bigger. Welcome to a new Earth that is just as big as Jupiter. In what ways would the...

      MSN New

      The One Thing That Decides If a Bear Attack Kills You

      A peaceful walk through the wilderness can become a life threatening situation in seconds when you encounter one of nature’s most powerful predators. Bears are massive...

      Earth

      What If We Could Refreeze the Arctic?

      The Arctic might soon become completely ice-free. And when all of the ice is gone, the world won’t be the same. But what if I told you there was a way to prevent...

      HTS MSN

      Why He Didn’t Survive The World’s Deepest Cave

      Deep beneath the mountains near the Black Sea lies Veryovkina Cave, the deepest known cave on Earth. The cave is filled with narrow tunnels, underground rivers, freezing...

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      Could Humanity Ever Actually Move the Entire Solar System?

      Moving is never easy. The packing and unpacking, having to start fresh and make new friends, all this can be challenging. Let’s face it, whether it’s a nasty...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What If Warp Drive Technology Finally Worked?

      Imagine stepping aboard a spaceship capable of traveling faster than light. Instead of spending months reaching Mars or thousands of years crossing the stars, distant...

      Technology

      What If We Could Build an Alderson Disk?

      Scroll down to watch the video. The Earth might not remain habitable forever. It could get engulfed by a massive solar flare, or become too hot due to climate change, or...

      If You Stepped Into the Vacuum of Space, Here’s How Long You’d Last
      MSN New, Cosmos

      If You Stepped Into the Vacuum of Space, Here’s How Long You’d Last

      You might not speak perfect Klingon… But you’re probably familiar with science fiction. And you probably know why it’s called ‘fiction.’...

      Cosmos

      What If You Traveled to Gliese 12 b?

      Forty light years from Earth, there is a world that looks a lot like Venus. But unlike the most sweltering, hellish planet in the Solar System, this not so distant...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      The Bermuda Triangle of Space Is Getting Weaker, but It May Be Splitting in Two

      Deep above the South Atlantic Ocean, there is a region of space that has puzzled scientists and space agencies for decades. In this zone, spacecraft can experience...

      Earth

      What If the Earth Was Actually Flat?

      If the Earth had an edge, I hope it would look like this. The edge of a flat Earth. I know, I know, we’ve talked about it before. But there’s something...

      MSN New, Earth

      We Killed Every Mosquito on Earth, and the Consequences Would Be Worse Than Expected

      Mosquitoes are often treated as nothing more than irritating insects that leave behind itchy bites. Their importance, however, is much greater than their size suggests...

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