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      Earth

      What If a Giant Sea Scorpion Fought a Killer Whale?

      8 months ago
      Science

      What If We Harvested the Energy of the Oceans?

      June 11, 2019
      Cosmos

      What If a Meteorite Crashed Into Your Home?

      March 7, 2022
      Earth

      What If Earth Reached Boiling Point for 5 Seconds?

      December 7, 2022
      Body

      What If You Could Untie Your Belly Button?

      September 27, 2021
      MSN New, Humanity

      What If We Are Not the First Advanced Civilization on Earth?

      Swipe Down for Full Video Story It is no secret that humans are the dominant species on Earth. And with no confirmed evidence of intelligent life elsewhere in the...

      Earth

      What If Antarctica’s Dormant Volcanoes Woke Up?

      Scroll down to watch the video. Deep beneath the thick layer of million-year-old ice, something is lurking quietly, waiting to rip through the rigid ice sheets. This...

      Science

      What If There Were Ads in Space?

      [dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Imagine, instead of looking up and seeing the stars, you see something like this: Coca-Cola ads are seen on...

      MSN New, Technology

      What If Everyone Had Access to Neuralink Overnight?

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

      Cosmos, Earth, MSN New

      What If the Moon Never Existed?

      The moon has been our friendly neighbour in the sky for billions of years. It has guided us home, kept us on time, protected us, propelled us into space and has even...

      Humanity

      What If We Had To Rebuild Human Society From Scratch?

      The world has ended. The sky has fallen. Doomsday has come and gone. So now what? Let’s start rebuilding civilization, of course. How would you begin to come back from...

      Earth

      What If You Dumped an Iceberg Into a Volcano?

      In a matter of days, a nearby volcano will erupt, spewing debris and lava, and decimating your city. You know that fighting fire with fire usually makes things worse...

      Top 10 Things Invented By NASA We Use Everyday
      MSN New

      Top 10 Things Invented By NASA We Use Everyday

      10. Computer Mice The computer mouse is one of the most familiar tools in modern computing, but its origins trace back to NASA related research in the 1960s. Engineers...

      Cosmos

      What If Earth Was the Center of the Solar System?

      Contrary to what some people think, the Earth isn’t the center of the Universe. But what if it was? What if those medieval astronomers were right, and everything...

      Earth

      What If There Was No Friction for 1 Minute?

      Friction is what allows us to move…and to slow down. Friction is how we pick things up …and hold on to them. To be totally honest, there isn’t much we...

      Earth

      What If a Megalodon Shark Fought the Kraken?

      The megalodon, the big boss of our ancient oceans, the king of all sharks, killer of whales. If you’re a fan, you’ve already witnessed our megalodon vs. mosasaur episode...

      Humanity, Health, MSN New

      What If We Never Aged?

      In the past 200 years, the average life expectancy on Earth has more than doubled. But despite being able to live longer, we still haven’t figured out a way to...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Would Happen If You Spent 5 Seconds on Io?

      Swipe Down for Full Video Story Io, one of Jupiter’s four largest moons, feels like it belongs in a science fiction nightmare. Its surface is a chaotic, ever changing...

      MSN New, Science

      What If You Kept Shrinking 1 cm Every Second?

      A sudden reduction in size, shrinking by one centimeter per second, would expose a human to progressively smaller scales of the natural world, from ordinary objects to...

      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...

      Humanity, MSN New

      What If World War III Erupted Tomorrow Morning?

      Human history has been full of battles and wars, some big and some small. But if World War 3 were to happen, it might be humanity’s biggest battle yet. Advanced...

      Humanity, Earth, MSN New

      What If Columbus Never Discovered America?

      Forget everything you know about the United States of America. It is not united anymore, but divided into several independent nations. No, this isn’t the result of...

      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...

      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...

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      Humanity

      What If You Could Predict The Future?

      What if I told you there was a way for you to know what lies ahead for you? Well, science could just have a way to predict your future. And it might become a reality...

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