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      What If One Million People Actually Stormed Area 51?

      July 18, 2019
      Earth

      What If Earth Was Shaped Like a Donut?

      December 7, 2019
      Earth

      7 Things You Should Know About the Permian Period

      August 8, 2025
      Humanity

      What If an Advanced Civilization Lived in the Amazon?

      September 27, 2022
      Earth

      What If the Earth Had No Core?

      March 21, 2022
      Earth

      6 Ways Earth Will Transform Over the Next Billion Years

      When we imagine the far future, our thoughts often leap to space travel, artificial intelligence, and life beyond our planet. But what if we stayed on Earth and fast...

      MSN New

      The Hidden Origin of Fake News Historians Traced Back 100 Years

      Fake news may seem like a modern problem created by the internet and social media, but historians have traced its origins back more than a century. Long before online...

      MSN New

      Scientists Are Already Building a Portal to a Parallel Universe

      The idea of opening a portal to a parallel universe sounds like pure science fiction. It brings to mind stories filled with mysterious gateways, alternate realities, and...

      Cosmos

      What If a New Planet Formed in the Solar System?

      A gas cloud located 500 light years away from our solar system is about to become a planet. This process usually takes a few hundred million years, but what if we made...

      Cosmos

      What If Earth Was the Center of the Solar System?

      Contrary to what some people think, the Earth isn’t the center of the Universe. But what if it was? What if those medieval astronomers were right, and everything...

      HTS MSN

      How to Survive the Top 5 Deadliest Primates

      Primates are one of the most diverse groups of mammals with more than 500 species, including humans. In proportion to their body weights, primates have the largest...

      MSN New

      Rare Wild Tasmanian Devils Finally Discovered in Australia After 3,000 Years

      These feisty marsupials are making an unexpected comeback in one of the most remarkable wildlife developments in recent history. But why are they called Tasmanian devils...

      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...

      Humanity, MSN New

      What If the World’s Highest Bridge Became Reality?

      Welcome to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the “Roof of the World.”It’s home to the world’s tallest mountain, Mount Everest. But also the longest, deepest canyon on the...

      Cosmos, Humanity, MSN New

      What Would Happen If a Baby Was Born on the Moon?

      Greetings, future moonling. That’s right. You are among the first generation of children born on the Moon. How would your birth compare to every previous human’s...

      Cosmos

      What If Jupiter’s Moons Scattered Across the Solar System?

      What if Jupiter’s 79 moons weren’t gravitationally bound to Jupiter? What if they became rogue objects orbiting on their own paths around the Sun? Would they still be...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Jupiter Could Swallow 1,321 Earths, and the Sun Could Hold Over a Million

      Take Earth, the entire planet with every ocean, mountain, and city on it, and treat it as a unit of measurement. Jupiter could hold 1,321 of them. Then take Jupiter, the...

      Cosmos

      What If You Were Made of Dark Matter?

      What would it actually be like if every particle in your body converted into a dark matter particle? And how long could you last in that state? Everything that we can...

      MSN New

      Could You Survive One Year in the World’s Deadliest Prison?

      The jury found you guilty. The judge sentenced you to one of the most dangerous prisons on Earth. And if you’re not careful, you could spend the rest of your life...

      MSN New, Earth

      The Insane Scale of the Ocean Explained

      The ocean is so enormous that it is difficult to truly understand its scale. Covering more than 71% of Earth’s surface, it contains the vast majority of all the...

      HTS MSN

      He Lived With a 1,000 kg Hippopotamus, Seconds Later It Was Found Torn to Pieces

      Hippos are often seen as calm animals that spend their days relaxing in rivers and muddy waters. But behind their peaceful appearance is one of the most dangerous...

      Science

      What If We Suddenly Lost the Moon?

      This giant rock lights up the night and can even change colors. So what would we do without it?

      Humanity

      What If We Became Enslaved by Aliens?

      Visitors from beyond the stars have arrived. What secrets could our intergalactic friends share? What wonders could these space chums unveil? They DO NOT come in peace...

      Cosmos

      What If We Could Open a Portal to a Parallel Universe?

      What if there are other universes, just like ours? With an infinite number of Earths? With uncountable versions of you? And what if we don’t have to look too far...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      The Universe Stopped Expanding, and the End of Everything Would Begin

      What if all the galaxies, stars, planets – everything – stopped moving away from everything else? Would the Universe as it is just freeze? Or would it...

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