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      What If We Suddenly Lost the Moon?

      April 19, 2018
      Body

      What If You Got Monkeypox?

      June 2, 2022
      Cosmos

      What If an Asteroid Were on a Collision Course to Hit Earth?

      April 13, 2021
      Cosmos

      What If You Met a Time Traveler?

      September 19, 2019
      Science

      What If We All Lived on Mars?

      June 4, 2018
      MSN New

      What Aging Backwards Would Actually Do to You

      Take a look at yourself. Are you a very old baby or a baby-like old person? Uh oh. Your biological clock is moving backward. What would your body look like at different...

      MSN New, Humanity

      What Being Raised by Wild Animals Would Really Do to a Child

      You’re lost in the jungle without any other humans around. You need to find a new family. Or your new family could find you. What would it be like to be raised by...

      DailyMoment, Earth, MSN, MSN New

      Earth Day: What If Earth Lost All Its Coral Reefs?

      How many sea animals would face extinction? Could the corals rebuild themselves from scratch? How would this massive die-off affect humanity? Corals are not rocks. They...

      MSN New

      What Would Happen If Saturn Took the Moon’s Place?

      The Moon has been quietly orbiting Earth for billions of years. It lights up our nights, influences the tides, and appears harmless from a distance. But imagine stepping...

      Humanity

      What If You Knew the Date and Time You Will Die?

      We all know our time here is limited. But we don’t know by how much. Are we better off not knowing when we’ll die? Or would a countdown help us all to lead...

      HTS MSN

      You’re Trapped in a Mine. Here’s How to Stay Alive

      You’re deep underground when you hear an explosion. Fire and debris rain down on you. You’re alive but trapped, hundreds of meters below the surface of the...

      Earth, MSN New

      Imagine If the Kraken Was Real

      “Below the thunders of the upper deep, Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea, his ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep The Kraken sleepeth” That’s right. It’s...

      MSN New, Earth

      Earth Orbits Betelgeuse, and Our Planet Would Never Be the Same

      The reason why we’re able to see Betelgeuse so clearly from 640 light years away is because it’s massive. In fact, it’s 12–20 times more massive than...

      Earth, MSN New

      What Would Happen If Dinosaurs Never Stopped Evolving?

      When you look back through the evolutionary history of life on Earth, it’s important to remember it’s always been a game of survival. And only the fittest...

      Earth

      What If the Arctic Turned Into a Megaslump?

      The sound of trickling water might seem harmless, even peaceful. But in the polar regions, this sound is a sinister warning of an event that could swallow up the arctic...

      MSN New, Earth

      10 Hidden Hybrid Animals You’ve Never Heard Of

      Nature is full of surprises, but sometimes it gets a little help. Hybrid animals are created when two different species, usually closely related, produce offspring...

      Earth, MSN New

      What Would Happen If You Jumped Into Lake Natron?

      Before we take the plunge, we could better take a look at what Lake Natron is made of. Much like the Dead Sea, this lake in Tanzania doesn’t run off into any...

      MSN New, Technology

      The Robot Built to Cross Terrain No Machine Should Handle

      Robots have come a long way from simple machines that could only perform repetitive tasks. Today, engineers are creating advanced robots that can walk, climb, navigate...

      Cosmos

      What If All Nukes Exploded in Space?

      Nuclear weapons are the most powerful and frightening tools ever created by humanity. With over twelve thousand warheads spread across the globe, these devices hold...

      MSN New, Humanity

      Every Human Suddenly Became 5 Meters Tall, and Civilization Would Struggle to Survive

      Robert Wadlow holds the record as the tallest human ever confirmed, standing an astonishing 2.72 meters before medical complications tied to his extreme growth ended his...

      Humanity, Science

      5 Technologies That Could Save or Destroy Humanity

      Imagine a world where you could move objects with your mind, cure cancer with microscopic machines, or even live to be 1,000 years old. The future of science is...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      The Plan to Turn Mars Into Humanity’s Next Home

      The next step in space exploration isn’t waiting for some distant generation. It’s being planned right now, and the destination is the desolate world sitting...

      Humanity

      What If You Were Locked Up in the Most Dangerous 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, Cosmos

      What If There Were Billboards/Ads in Space?

      Imagine, instead of looking up and seeing the stars, you see something like this: Coca-Cola ads are seen on billboards, magazines, online and now in space. How would...

      MSN, Science

      What If The Neanderthals Had Not Gone Extinct?

      Wait a minute, Neanderthals are extinct? Before you laugh, check yourself. Neanderthal DNA is 99.7% identical to our own, and researchers claim that some humans might be...

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