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      Body

      What If You Got Monkeypox?

      June 2, 2022
      MSN New, Cosmos

      Life as the First Human on Mars

      4 months ago
      Science

      What If We Geo-Engineered Earth?

      January 23, 2019
      Body

      What If You Didn’t Wash Your Hands for a Year?

      March 27, 2020
      Earth

      What If We Detonated an Antimatter Bomb on Earth?

      December 19, 2020
      MSN New, Earth

      The Days Would Last 580 Hours if the Moon Were Replaced

      Our Moon may seem ordinary, but it quietly keeps Earth stable. It controls the tides, slows our planet’s rotation, and helps maintain the rhythm of life. But what...

      MSN New, Humanity

      What If North Korea Launched a Nuclear Tsunami at the United States?

      For decades, the relationship between the United States and North Korea has been filled with threats, military tensions, and moments of uncertainty. But what would...

      Cosmos

      What If We Went on a Search for Alien Life?

      We might not be alone in the Universe. Scientists from all over the world have their eyes and ears wide open trying to detect signals of life beyond our planet. But...

      Cosmos

      What If a White Hole and Black Hole Collided?

      Black holes are one of the most devastating objects in space, sucking up everything around them. But there’s another space phenomenon that’s just as...

      Cosmos

      What If You Took a Ride on Halley’s Comet?

      Every 75 years, a ball of fire streaks across the sky. But that’s no fireball. It’s Halley’s Comet. And you’re about to hitch a ride on it. Get...

      MSN New

      What If You Floated Through the Largest Empty Space Ever Found?

      Space is famous for being unimaginably vast. Yet even among its endless distances, there are places that make the rest of the Universe seem crowded. One of those places...

      HTS MSN

      A Particle Beam Passed Straight Through His Skull, Then Only Half His Face Aged

      Most people assume that being struck by an intense beam of radiation would be instantly fatal. For Soviet physicist Anatoli Bugorski, it should have been. Instead, he...

      HTS MSN

      A Tick Bite Left Her Fighting for Her Life, and She Almost Missed the Warning Signs

      You’re hiking in the woods. Suddenly, you feel something extremely itchy. You scratch it, and find a rash like a red bull’s eye on your body. Looking closely, you see a...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What Would Happen If Uranus Collided With Earth

      It’s been 30 days since Uranus first appeared in the sky. At first, it looked like our Moon had found itself a stellar partner. But then, we understood something...

      MSN New

      Scientists FINALLY Discovered a White Hole

      A black hole is often described as a cosmic point of no return, a region in space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. Anything that...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Earth Reached the Edge of the Universe, and What Happens Next Is Terrifying

      Let me take you on a wild ride to the very edges of our Universe. But it won’t be as simple as traveling through space. Because the edges that we’re talking about...

      MSN New, Humanity

      The Attack Would Start Before a Single Soldier Landed, and You Would Feel It at the ATM

      There would be no landing craft on the horizon. No sirens. No declaration on the news. The first thing you would notice is that your card does not work. That is how a...

      HTS MSN

      Lions Kill Around 250 People a Year and Can Run at 80 km/h

      This is no Simba. Unlike the song, this lion is not sleeping tonight. Instinct kicks in, and you begin to run, but even the fastest human on Earth, Usain Bolt, with his...

      HTS MSN

      How to Escape if a Coastal Blowhole Pulls You Under

      The roar of crashing waves echoes around you as you step closer to the edge of a rocky coastline. Suddenly, a massive surge of water erupts beneath your feet. In an...

      HTS MSN

      She Walked Into the Freezer to Check the Inventory, and the Broken Door Became a Death Trap

      A walk in freezer is supposed to be a routine part of working in a restaurant. Employees enter, collect ingredients, check supplies, and walk back out. But when a safety...

      HTS MSN

      How to Survive a Shark Attack, According to Science

      A shadow appears beneath the surface. At first it is distant, almost harmless. Then it grows closer. A triangular fin cuts through the water, moving steadily in your...

      Earth, MSN New

      8 Things That Would Happen If the Woolly Rhino Still Existed

      Imagine pulling into a drive through and seeing Woolly Rhino burgers on the menu. It might sound strange today, but thousands of years ago, our ancestors depended on...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If You Fell Into a Black Hole for a Nanosecond?

      Black holes are often imagined as cosmic vacuum cleaners that swallow everything nearby, but what would really happen if you entered one even for a single nanosecond...

      MSN New, Earth

      30 Meters. 200 Tons. This Is What the Megalodon Could Look Like Today

      Would you ever venture into the ocean if you knew this creature could be lurking beneath you? It’s twice the size of a T. rex, its jaws are big enough to crush cars, and...

      MSN New, Earth

      Winds of 800 km/h… The Day a Hypercane Swallows the Atlantic

      Imagine watching an asteroid plunge into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Scientists knew it was coming because a powerful infrared telescope had detected the object in...

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