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      Cosmos

      What If a Magnetar Collided With a Black Hole?

      February 7, 2020
      Earth

      What If Everyone Planted Their Own Christmas Tree?

      December 25, 2020
      Earth

      What If We Sunk Our Trash in the Mariana Trench?

      September 10, 2020
      Science

      What Happens If You Wake up During Surgery?

      March 22, 2019
      Humanity

      What If We Covered All the Roads with Solar Panels?

      August 19, 2020
      Humanity, MSN, MSN New

      A.I Predicts Why the U.S. Could Leave NATO in 2027

      What if a single decision shattered the world’s most powerful alliance overnight? Built on real-world data and analyzed through AI, this explores a worst-case chain...

      Humanity

      What If All the Passengers Jumped on a Plane at Once?

      Do you get a little nervous before a flight? If you do, you’re not alone. Between 33% and 40% of people feel some form of anxiety when they board a plane. While a giant...

      MSN New

      Would You Survive Being Trapped in a Grocery Store Forever?

      Under extreme circumstances, humans can often pull together to overcome great odds. But when confined in a tight space with each other, well, we may not be at our finest...

      Earth, Cosmos, MSN New

      What Would Happen If the Sun Exploded Tomorrow?

      That star at the center of our Solar System, that superhot ball of plasma that gives us heat and energy, and amazing complexions… well, it’s a ticking time...

      HTS MSN

      Surviving the World’s Most Toxic Desert

      Hot sizzling salt beneath your feet. Sulfuric acid fumes burn your lungs with every breath you take. And if you don’t watch your step, you could fall on molten hot...

      MSN New, Earth

      What Will Remain of Humanity in a Billion Years?

      Imagine stepping out of a time machine one billion years from now. Instead of finding futuristic cities and advanced civilizations, you discover a planet that looks...

      Humanity

      Why 99% of Humanity Is Lost to Time

      As the nukes dropped on every major city around the globe, everyone sought shelter, but there was nowhere to hide. In an instant, civilization as we knew it was...

      HTS MSN

      Why They Didn’t Survive Action Park

      For years, Action Park in New Jersey was known as the most dangerous amusement park in America. Thousands of visitors left with cuts, broken bones, burns, and stitches...

      Earth, MSN New

      What You Must Do to Survive an F5 Tornado

      This is an F5 tornado, and it’s one of nature’s most destructive forces. Could you survive being sucked in? Yeah, imagine getting scooped up like a meat...

      HTS MSN

      Gemini’s 2027 Prediction Is Scarier Than You Think

      You wake up in January 2027. Nothing feels wrong. No alerts. No breaking news screaming at you. Just another year starting like all the others. But underneath the...

      MSN New, Earth

      The Deadliest Venom on Earth Comes From a Creature You’d Never Suspect

      When people think about the world’s most venomous animals, images of deadly snakes, dangerous jellyfish, or poisonous scorpions usually come to mind. The saw...

      Science

      Could We Survive on Earth If It Was Spinning Twice as Fast?

      Some say life is a roller coaster. What if it was more like this? We don't notice the earth spinning now, so what would life be like if it spun a little faster? Would we...

      MSN New, Science

      This Tipler Cylinder Might Be the Closest Thing to a Time Machine

      Are you ready for the trip of a lifetime? Because this not so little machine is about to take you on one. A trip back in time. What would you need for this time travel...

      Science

      What If There Was a Zombie Apocalypse?

      Grab your weapons, find your friends and get to your base. It’s zombie-hunting time! That thing you’ve been daydreaming about for years is finally happening...

      HTS MSN

      How to Make It Out Alive When a Hot Air Balloon Starts to Fall

      Hot air balloons have fascinated people for centuries. The first successful manned hot air balloon flight took place in France in 1783, when the Montgolfier brothers...

      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, Cosmos

      Physicist Clifford Johnson Explains What’s Really Inside a Black Hole

      Star is about to transform into a black hole. And we’re about to travel inside it to see what’s on the other side. The only problem is that we’ll never...

      MSN New

      Ancient Egypt’s Greatest Inventions That Changed the World

      Eye Makeup The people of Ancient Egypt were already using eye makeup as early as 4000 B.C., making them one of the first civilizations to develop cosmetics. Both men and...

      MSN New

      What If Artificial Intelligence Could Predict Your Every Move

      Artificial intelligence is getting better at understanding people every year. It recommends the movies we watch, the products we buy, and even the music we listen to...

      Humanity

      What If We Knew the Time We Go Extinct?

      Within the vastness of the Universe, humanity is not that big of a deal. We’re not here because we’re meant to be here, we’re just… here. If...

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