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      Earth

      What If You Never Threw Anything Away?

      February 1, 2022
      Body

      What If You Only Drank Coffee?

      April 28, 2021
      Body

      What If You Never Cried?

      November 13, 2020
      Science

      What If Menstrual Products Were Free Everywhere?

      April 4, 2019
      Humanity

      What If We Became Enslaved by Aliens?

      February 3, 2020
      Humanity

      What If We Dumped Our Trash in the Bermuda Triangle?

      It’s one of the most dangerous and mysterious places on Earth. It’s home to dozens of sunken ships, plane crashes, and dead people. It’s known as the...

      MSN New

      Every Insect on Earth Just Vanished. Here’s How Fast We Fall

      Imagine waking up tomorrow to complete silence. No buzzing bees, no chirping crickets, no butterflies drifting through gardens, and not even a single ant crawling across...

      MSN New, Earth

      Cyborg Insects Just Took Over the Planet, and Here’s How It Started

      The year is 2040. You hunker down with your fellow human survivors, listening for the sound of your enemy. The cyber-bugs have taken over. How did this happen? What...

      Earth, MSN, MSN New

      What If Giant Sea Walls Could Save Coastal Cities from Rising Seas?

      Could you imagine jumping from the kitchen window and diving into water? How fun would that be? For some people, sure. It seems unlikely, but it’s not as crazy as...

      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

      Gyorgy Dozsa Led Thousands Into Battle, and His Captors Prepared a Horrific Execution

      Gyorgy Dozsa was a soldier who became the leader of a massive peasant uprising in Hungary during the early 1500s. He had earned a reputation for bravery during wars...

      HTS MSN

      A Circus Tiger Suddenly Turned on Its Trainer in Front of His Mother

      At the circus in Madrid, Spain, things seemed to be proceeding as scheduled for 35-year-old animal trainer Denny Gottani. Since he had years of experience in working...

      Earth

      What If the Giganotosaurus Battled the Troodon?

      It’s brain vs. brawns in the ultimate dinosaur showdown. In one corner, we have the giganotosaurus and in the other, the troodon. Although they lived in two...

      HTS MSN

      She Rolled Down Her Safari Window for a Photo, Seconds Later a Lion Attacked

      How fast can a lion kill you? In the right circumstances, it can happen frighteningly quickly. Lions can reach speeds of around 50 mph, leap more than 30 feet, and...

      Earth

      What If Earth’s Core Were a Geo-Reactor?

      Deep beneath the Earth lies a mysterious and powerful force. A wellspring of nuclear energy which could one day rip us apart. Many scientists have found clues that...

      MSN New, Humanity

      What if Humans Could Do Photosynthesis?

      Imagine being able to sunbathe all day long. But instead of getting a nice tan to show off… You turn green! And get lazier. Don’t worry. It’s not the...

      Humanity

      What If a Massive Locust Swarm Attacked Your City?

      It’s about to get Old Testament here. What if the creepiest, crawliest, most catastrophic member of the Plagues of Egypt made an unexpected housecall? And decided your...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Did Scientists Discover Evidence of Life on Venus?

      Is alien life really out there? Humanity has wondered about it for decades, and according to scientists, this might finally be a reality. Astronomers have discovered...

      MSN New, Earth

      The Debate That Never Dies: Who Is Right?

      If the Earth had an edge, it might look something like this, the edge of a flat Earth. A vast frozen wall at the horizon, trees growing at strange angles, and a sky that...

      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...

      MSN New, Science

      What If Neanderthals Still Existed Today?

      Neanderthal DNA is 99.7% identical to our own, and researchers claim that some humans might be carrying as much as 2% of the Neanderthal genome. Making things even...

      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...

      Cosmos

      What If You Visited Earth’s Next Space Station?

      Space tourism is much closer than you may think. The International Space Station will soon retire from its successful run through low Earth orbit. But humanity’s...

      MSN New, Cosmos, Humanity

      We May Be About to Set Foot on an Exoplanet for the First Time

      For centuries, humans have looked up at the night sky and wondered what it would be like to stand on another world. We have walked on the Moon, explored Mars with...

      MSN New, Cosmos, Earth

      What Would Happen If We Discovered Another Planet in Our Solar System?

      The Solar System seems calm, but that tranquility is more fragile than it appears. Now imagine one day looking up and noticing something unfamiliar in the sky. A tiny...

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