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      Earth

      What If Pangea Never Broke Apart?

      September 9, 2019
      Earth

      What If a Tornado Hit a Hurricane?

      July 4, 2022
      Humanity

      What If You Brought Modern Technology to the Middle Ages?

      November 16, 2021
      Cosmos

      What If a Blazar Entered Our Solar System?

      April 30, 2021
      Body

      What If You Had To Repopulate The Planet?

      August 28, 2018
      MSN New, Earth

      Earth in a Billion Years: What Scientists Predict

      One billion years into the future, you might imagine a world full of artificial intelligence, interstellar travel, and space colonies. Maybe we’ll see the end of...

      Earth, MSN, MSN New

      Could You Survive the 5 Most Dangerous Animals of the Amazon?

      The Amazon is a huge and highly unexplored territory, five times larger than the state of Texas. 10% of Earth’s wildlife we know about inhabits this jungle. And if...

      Cosmos

      What If Earth Became Type V Civilization?

      Imagine a world where humanity has not only gained the ability to travel and to populate space but has progressed even further than that. Humanity can now control and...

      Humanity, MSN New, Science

      What If Science Cloned Your Body?

      With all the work to do, people to see, traffic jams to get stuck in, we all sometimes wish we could be in two places at once. We’ve already cloned sheep, cows...

      Cosmos

      What If Earth Had a Large Elliptical Orbit?

        What if Earth’s orbit ventured as far from the Sun as Pluto, and got as close to it as Venus? Would the Sun burn the planet to a crisp at the closest...

      Cosmos

      What If Everything You Knew About the Universe Is Wrong?

      13.8 billion years ago, the entire Universe emerged from one single point in space. This theory is known as the Big Bang. And it’s the most widely accepted story of the...

      Earth, MSN New

      Imagine If Styxosaurus Was Alive?

      Technically speaking, this marine reptile wasn’t a dinosaur, although it sure swam the Earth alongside many of them. Styxosaurus lived 70 to 85 million years ago, in the...

      Humanity

      What If We Traveled One Billion Years Into the Past?

      Imagine if you could take in all of human history in the blink of an eye. Well, from the first steps on the moon to the first steps out of the slime, that’s...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      The First 10,000 Days of Colonizing Venus

      Venus, Earth’s closest planetary neighbor, is one of the most extreme and hostile environments in the Solar System. Its surface is scorched by intense heat, blanketed in...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If the Sun Consumed Jupiter?

      Something incredibly strange is unfolding in our cosmic neighborhood, a powerful and unexplained gravitational force is pulling Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar...

      Science

      What If We Could Breathe Underwater?

      What if humans had gills and could breathe underwater just like fish?

      Earth

      What If Jupiter’s Storm Existed on Earth?

      Jupiter is home to some big storms. Like the massive Great Red Spot, which has been swirling on the gas giant for centuries. Why don’t we bring it to Earth and see what...

      Cosmos

      Scientists Discovered the Most Terrifying Planet That Looks Like Earth

      This blue, marble-like planet looks just like Earth. But only five seconds on this hostile death-orb would kill you. Welcome to HD 189733b. This planet is enormous. Even...

      Earth

      Top 5 Crazy Ideas to Solve Our Trash Problem

      Scroll to the bottom to watch our video. We love our convenience — single-use plastic utensils, paper plates, disposable cups, plastic wrap, wrapping paper for...

      Cosmos

      What If a Spoonful of Neutron Star Appeared on Earth?

      This is the Sun. And this is a neutron star. But don’t let its size fool you. Neutron stars are massive gravitational monsters, and orbiting one wouldn’t end...

      Earth, MSN, MSN New

      Find Out Who Would Win in a Battle Between a Bear and a Bengal Tiger

      Welcome to the arena. Tonight’s battle is all about location, location, location. Both of our fighters are extremely territorial. They’re not interested in sharing and...

      Cosmos, MSN, MSN New

      7 Mysterious Exoplanets Orbiting Distant Stars

      TOI 849b is one of the largest rocky planets ever discovered. It’s a massive, desolate world with zero atmosphere, orbiting incredibly close to its star. Temperatures...

      Humanity

      12 Catastrophic Events That Could Wipe Out Humanity

      Throughout history, humanity has faced existential threats like giant asteroids and invisible viruses. Despite the danger, we always bounce back. But how much longer can...

      Cosmos

      What If You Climbed the Highest Mountain in the Solar System?

      Climbing the world’s tallest mountains is a daring adventure. But you’re about to make an epic extraterrestrial trek on the biggest mountain in the entire Solar...

      Humanity

      What If You Could Work Anywhere in the World?

      Having your business meeting in a forest. Making a sales call on the beach. Or accounting at the top of a mountain. This could be your reality if you could work anywhere...

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