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      Cosmos

      7 Things That Would Happen If You Visited the Planet With Hot Ice

      July 23, 2025
      Body

      What If You Never Took Off Your Face Mask?

      December 9, 2020
      Science

      What If We Had Thermal Vision?

      February 3, 2019
      Science

      What If The Universe Stopped Expanding?

      June 11, 2018
      Science

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

      April 26, 2018
      MSN New, Humanity

      Animal Testing Could End, but Scientists Would Face a Huge Problem

      Experimenting on animals is a dark side of science and research. And most of us try not to think about the animals that experienced the horrors of testing when we buy...

      Earth

      What If You Explored the Deepest Points on Earth?

      If you traveled to the deepest points of Earth, what would you find? Lost cities, mythical sea monsters, rivers of gold? Probably not. But there is still a lot to...

      MSN New, Humanity

      They Would Not Just Have Technology, They Would Be Technology

      Some people alive today have implants that let them perceive sound. Others carry devices that let them sense changes in atmospheric pressure. Now push that forward a few...

      Humanity, MSN New

      What If Neuralink Went Global Overnight?

      Neuralink is an American company started by ohhhhh, let’s just say “well-known public figure” Elon Musk. Launched back in 2017, its mission was to...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Playing Basketball on Mars Would Turn a Simple Game Into a Fight for Survival

      Playing sports on another planet sounds like science fiction. In theory, it would feel almost superhuman. You could run faster, jump higher, and throw with far more...

      MSN New, Earth

      A Flat Earth Would Have No Time Zones, No Seasons, and No Normal Gravity

      If the Earth had an edge, I hope it would look like this. The edge of a flat Earth. I know, I know, we’ve talked about it before. But there’s something...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What If Mars Became Elon Musk’s Personal Planet?

      Elon Musk has just claimed Mars as his own personal planet. Building his own human colony on the Red Planet, independent of Earth and with it’s own set of laws...

      MSN New, Humanity

      1,000 Years From Now, Humans Will Be Engineered for a New World

      If you could step into a time machine and travel 1,000 years into the future, would you even recognize humanity? Would we still look like we do today, or would...

      HTS MSN

      It Was His First Day at the Factory, and He Was Crushed by a Machine He Thought Was Off

      Starting a new job is supposed to be the beginning of something positive. For Lawrence “Day” Davis, however, his first shift at a factory ended in tragedy...

      MSN New, Earth

      Discover What Happens If Earth’s Core Goes Completely Cold

      Deep beneath our feet lies one of the most important parts of our planet: Earth’s core. Hidden thousands of kilometers below the surface, this massive sphere is...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      We Built a Giant Space Station, and Millions of People Moved Into Orbit

      One day, we want to take humanity into space. But why don’t we start small? Take one solar power station, 10,000 people, and 10 million tons of crumbled Moon rock...

      MSN New, Earth

      This Is How You Create Your Own Periodic Table, and Putting It Together Gets Dangerous

      How far into the periodic table could you get? Would you be breaking any laws? At what point would your periodic table start killing you? If you’re willing to...

      Earth

      What If All of Earth’s Plastic Suddenly Disappeared?

      Plastic surrounds us in ways most of us don’t even notice. From the toothbrushes we use in the morning to the water bottles in our hands, plastic is everywhere. But have...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Would Life Be Like on Jupiter’s Deadly Moons?

      Jupiter is not just the largest planet in our Solar System. It is also surrounded by a vast collection of moons, dozens of them in total, each one shaped by extreme...

      Humanity, MSN, MSN New

      What If You Were as Rich as Jeff Bezos?

      As the CEO and founder of Amazon, the multibillion dollar online shopping company, Jeff Bezos is the richest person on the planet. With a current net worth of $270...

      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...

      HTS MSN

      30 Minutes to Death, The Bite You Can’t Ignore

      Imagine opening your door and coming face to face with one of the deadliest snakes on Earth. You have only seconds to react. A bite from a highly venomous snake can send...

      Cosmos

      What If Betelgeuse Exploded Right Now?

      Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse. Saying its name three times won’t have the same effect as a certain bio-exorcist, but it’s still a sight to behold. At about 950...

      Humanity, MSN, MSN New

      The True Scale of Nuclear Weapons

      Nuclear weapons have shaped global politics for decades, but their destructive power is almost impossible to comprehend. From the bomb that devastated Hiroshima in 1945...

      MSN New, Science

      Scientists Reveal a New Discovery About the Brain’s Final Moments Before Death

      Death remains one of humanity’s greatest mysteries. For centuries, people have wondered what happens in the final moments of life. Some survivors of near death...

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