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      Body

      What If Your Body Could Be Recycled?

      June 9, 2021
      Body

      What If You Lost Your Teeth Overnight?

      July 20, 2021
      Science

      What If We Never Discovered Antibiotics?

      July 11, 2018
      Cosmos

      What If We Replaced the Moon with Jupiter Overnight?

      June 11, 2021
      Cosmos

      What If You Fell Into a Black Hole?

      December 24, 2020
      MSN New

      New Study Reveals What’s Behind a Jellyfish Sting

      What if one of the most painful experiences in the ocean was hiding a biological secret that scientists are only now beginning to fully understand? A new wave of...

      Cosmos

      What If You Traveled Through a Black Hole?

      Dark, mysterious and consuming everything around them, black holes will rip apart anything that passes their event horizons. But could there be more? What would happen...

      Science

      What If Earth Was Near the Center of the Milky Way?

      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...

      Earth

      7 Alarming Things That Would Happen If the World Lost Oxygen for 5 Seconds

      Oxygen makes up only about 21 percent of the air we breathe, but it plays a much bigger role in holding life together and keeping our world intact. Imagine if, just for...

      Science

      What If We Harvested the Energy of the Oceans?

      The world gets 80% of its energy from fossil fuels. But based on our current levels of consumption, we could run out of oil and gas in the next 50 years. And in 100...

      MSN New, Earth

      Something Strange Is Happening to the Gulf Stream

      Something strange is happening beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, and scientists are paying close attention. The Gulf Stream, one of the most important ocean...

      HTS MSN

      They Killed for Years Before Anyone Could Stop Them

      Throughout history, certain murderers have committed crimes so horrifying that their names became permanently associated with fear. They often appeared ordinary on the...

      MSN New, Earth

      Antarctica’s Hidden Lake Could Rewrite the Story of Life on Earth

      There’s a lake in Antarctica that no human has ever touched. Not because it’s remote, though it is, but because it sits under nearly four kilometers of solid...

      Technology

      What If We Had Nuclear-Powered Rockets?

      By the year 2035, NASA plans to send humans to Mars. But it would be about a nine-month trip with our current rocket technology. However, in the not-so-distant future...

      Earth, MSN, MSN New

      What Happens If You Drop an Iceberg Into a Volcano?

      In a matter of days, a nearby volcano will erupt, spewing debris and lava, and decimating your city. You know that fighting fire with fire usually makes things worse...

      Cosmos, Science

      What If The Sun Was Smaller Than The Earth?

        How big is the Sun compared to the Earth? Imagine you were able to shrink the Sun to the size of a basketball. At that point, the Earth would be reduced to the...

      Humanity

      What If North Korea Tsunami-bombed America?

      For decades, relations between America and North Korea have run from tense highs to some interesting lows. But what happens when two superpowers decide that enough is...

      MSN New

      How Many of These Lies About Space Did You Know?

      1. Saturn is the only ringed planet in the Solar System Many people think Saturn is the only planet with rings, but that is not true. Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune also...

      HTS MSN

      Surviving Camp 14: North Korea’s Worst Prison

      North Korea operates one of the most secretive prison systems in the world. Spread across the country are labor training centers, re education camps, and at the most...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Is Better for Life – Mars or Venus?

      When it comes to the question of which planet humanity could one day call home, the obvious choice might seem to be Mars. But surprisingly, Venus might actually be a...

      MSN New, Humanity

      Scientists Can Teleport Information Across Space, So Why Not People?

      Wake up in London, teleport to your office in Tokyo, meet friends for lunch in Mexico City, catch an opera in Rome that evening. It sounds like a film. What makes it...

      Science

      What If Earth Started Spinning Backwards?

      [dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Since its formation, the Earth has been revolving west to east on its axis. If one day our planet started rotating in...

      Cosmos

      What If We Built Cloud Cities on Venus?

      The Earth might not be here forever. A huge solar flare, an asteroid impact, or a local gamma-ray burst – anything could wipe us out for good. If we’re...

      MSN New

      What Really Happens if You Fall Straight Through the Planet

      As thrill-seekers, we like to do a lot of extreme, gravity-defying stunts to push our limits. If base jumping or caving is your thing, how about taking a tumble all the...

      MSN New, Humanity

      What If We Created No Waste?

      In the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator, there’s a growing, “floating island” of trash that’s twice the size of Texas, and three times the...

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