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      Body

      What Happens When You Get Sprayed by a Skunk?

      November 21, 2022
      Cosmos, Earth

      6 Stages of Earth’s Destruction If Mars Collided With Our Planet

      August 6, 2025
      Cosmos

      What If There Is Life on Venus?

      September 21, 2020
      Cosmos

      What If We Extinguished the Sun?

      August 30, 2019
      Humanity

      Why 99% of Humanity Is Lost to Time

      October 20, 2023
      MSN New, Humanity

      You’re Living in a Simulation and Wouldn’t Even Know

      What if your reality was nothing more than a complex computer simulation? And if you were just a program on someone else’s hard drive, how would you know? Who...

      MSN New, Earth

      What Scientists Discovered Hidden Inside Whale Earwax

      Deep inside the ocean, whales carry a hidden record of their entire lives. But this information is not stored in their bones or DNA. It is hidden inside something most...

      Science

      What If You Were the First Person on Mars?

      Congratulations, you’ve taken the seven-month-long journey and have landed on Mars. And it turns out, you’re the first person. Better start getting the human...

      Humanity, MSN, MSN New

      What If the US and Israel Split?

      The US and Israel have been allies for nearly 80 years. Billions in weapons. Dozens of UN vetoes. It’s a relationship that defined the modern Middle East. But what...

      MSN New, Humanity

      We May Be About to Discover Alien AI Instead of Aliens

      For generations, humans have imagined what it would be like to discover life beyond Earth. Would alien beings look anything like us? Would they communicate through...

      Earth

      What If You Could Freeze a Hurricane?

      Has the weather ever ruined your plans? What if I told you I had an idea to stop hurricanes from wrecking your day? And that it involves liquid nitrogen. How exactly...

      MSN New, Earth

      See What Happens If the San Andreas Fault Finally Breaks

      Nobody knows the exact day it will happen. It could be tomorrow, or decades from now. But one thing is certain. The San Andreas Fault is constantly building pressure...

      MSN New

      Black Widow or Funnel-web Spiders: Which Is the Deadliest?

      Few creatures inspire as much fear as venomous spiders. Just the thought of accidentally reaching into a dark corner and feeling a sharp bite is enough to make most...

      MSN New, Earth

      Discover the Lost Civilization That May Have Ruled Earth Long Before Us

      Humans dominate Earth today, building cities, launching spacecraft and transforming the planet in ways no other known species ever has. But what if we were not the first...

      Humanity

      What If Birds Were Actually Government Surveillance Drones?

      The next time you see that adorable hummingbird at your feeder, remember one thing. It might take your life. Because in this world, every bird works for the government...

      MSN New

      Nobody Can Feel Pain Anymore. Here’s Why That’s a Nightmare

      No pain, no gain. But really, is it worth it? Aside from a small subsection of the world’s population, most of us do everything we can to avoid pain! But what if...

      MSN New

      They Found the Biggest Spider in the World

      If you have arachnophobia, you might want to look away. What you are about to hear sounds like something pulled straight from a nightmare. Deep in the rainforests of...

      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...

      MSN New, Humanity

      4 Billion Women, Just One Man… What Would You Actually Do

      Do the math with me. Earth holds 3.8 billion women. Until yesterday, it also held 3.9 billion men. This morning, the count of men stands at exactly one. You. Your phone...

      Science

      What Would It Take to Terraform the Moon?

      Obviously, we can't just pack our stuff and move there today. But what if we terraformed it - reshaped it into an Earth's image?

      MSN New, Humanity

      Why China Would Never Actually Invade Russia, Even If It Could

      Keep your friends close and your rivals even closer. China and Russia have one of the most complicated relationships in the world. They share a massive border, cooperate...

      MSN New, Health

      Here is What Happens If You Only Drink Coffee

      In the morning some of us need that extra boost to get our day going. We’re talking about coffee of course. But before we get brewing. What does coffee do to your...

      Humanity, MSN New

      What If We Built a Second Artificial Moon?

      We can build really big things in space. Okay, not that big – yet. But we’ve packed the Earth’s lower orbit with about 5,000 satellites – some...

      MSN New

      What Is Hiding Inside the World’s Largest Underwater Art Museum?

      Beneath the crystal clear waters of the Atlantic Ocean, something unexpected is taking shape. Divers descending toward the seafloor are often met with a strange sight...

      Cosmos

      8 Stunning Ways Solar Eclipses Look Across the Solar System

      A total solar eclipse is one of the most breathtaking spectacles in the universe. While we experience them on Earth roughly every year and a half, these events happen in...

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