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      What If Carbon Disappeared for 5 Seconds?

      October 20, 2021
      Body, MSN

      8 Things That Would Happen If Only Drank Milk for the Rest of Your Life

      11 months ago
      Body

      What If We Didn’t Have Bones?

      January 2, 2021
      Science

      What If the African Continent Broke Apart?

      March 10, 2019
      Humanity

      What If Birds Were Actually Government Surveillance Drones?

      February 22, 2022
      MSN New

      What Would a Supervolcano Do to the United States?

      Deep beneath the United States lies one of the most powerful volcanic systems on Earth. Yellowstone is not a typical volcano sitting on a mountain peak. It is a...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      Did Scientists Just Discover an Exoplanet That Could Host Life?

      Scientists may have identified an exoplanet with the potential to support life, located 120 light-years from Earth. The planet, known as K2-18b, is classified as a Super...

      Cosmos, Earth, MSN New

      6 Stars That Would Destroy Earth if They Replaced the Sun

      Imagine waking up one morning to find our Sun replaced by a cosmic powerhouse far stranger than anything we have seen. From giants that could swallow planets whole to...

      Earth

      What If Megalodon Sharks Never Went Extinct?

      Would you ever venture into the ocean if you knew this creature could be lurking beneath you? It’s twice the size of a T. rex, its jaws are big enough to crush...

      HTS MSN

      Inside the Most Complex Cave Rescue in History: The Thai Cave Story

      On June 23, 2018, twelve boys from a youth soccer team known as the Wild Boars and their assistant coach entered Thailand’s Tham Luang cave system after soccer practice...

      Cosmos

      What If You Spent 100 Years on Mars?

      It’s been 100 Earth years since you settled on Mars. You’ve been through pain, loneliness and a lot of hard work. And now Mars is the new promised land everyone...

      6 Space Myths That Will Surprise You
      Cosmos, MSN New

      6 Space Myths That Will Surprise You

      The truth is that the Universe works in ways that are far more complex and fascinating than most of us realize. These misunderstandings often come from how we try to...

      Earth, MSN New

      Would Ecosystems Collapse If we Killed All spiders?

      Spiders are prolific. There are 45,000 species of spiders that we currently know of, and scientists estimate that there are twice that amount we haven’t discovered...

      Cosmos

      What If We Caught an Interstellar Visitor?

      An unexpected guest has made its way into our Solar System. It’s an interstellar object, an ISO. And it’s tumbling through space in a way that can’t be explained by...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What If Humans Tried to Land on Kepler 22b?

      Swipe Down for Full Video Story Six hundred and thirty five light years from Earth lies a world that sounds almost too good to be true, a planet potentially covered by a...

      Earth

      What If We Brought Europa’s Ocean Water to Earth?

      Deep under Europa’s thick icy surface lies an ocean larger than all of Earth’s oceans combined. But it’s pretty useless way out there. Let’s ship that water back to...

      Cosmos

      What If We Found Alien Life on Enceladus?

      Aliens?! Enchiladas?! What is this world coming to? Or should I say, what is coming to this world? First of all, yes, it’s pronounced Enceladus (EN-CELL-A-DUSS)...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If You Crashed on an Alien Planet?

      You’ve traveled thousands of light-years through interstellar star systems. And now you’re stranded on a planet you know nothing about. As long as...

      Earth, MSN New

      What If the Whole Planet Was One City?

      First off, we’re going to have to be a Type 1 civilization. Then collectively, we can use all the energy available on our planet. It also gets rid of the monotony of...

      Cosmos

      What If You Drank a Glass of Moon Water?

      Would you drink water that was extracted from the Moon? With NASA’s recent discovery of water on the Moon’s surface, it might become a more common practice...

      Earth, MSN New

      5 Tips How to Survive as a Pyramid Builder in Ancient Egypt

      Swipe down for full video story! The construction of the pyramids of Giza required immense labor and coordination. For those involved, daily work was physically...

      MSN New

      What If It Rained Shards of Volcanic Glass?

      This is not some harmless hair. It’s volcanic glass and it could turn your life into an itchy, blistering existence. Uh oh. Looks like today’s forecast is volcanic...

      Cosmos

      What If You Swam in Titan’s Lakes for 5 Seconds?

      Titan. The most majestic of Saturn’s many moons. And the most promising for life too. It’s got a beautiful view and liquid lakes on its surface. The only...

      Cosmos

      10 Duodecillion Years Into the Future?

      From the gradual heating of our Sun to the slow death of the cosmos, the future of Earth and the Universe is a story of breathtaking transformations, cosmic collisions...

      Cosmos, Science

      What If The Sun Was Smaller Than The Earth?

        How big is the Sun compared to the Earth? Imagine you were able to shrink the Sun to the size of a basketball. At that point, the Earth would be reduced to the...

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