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      Humanity

      What If China Invades Russia?

      March 16, 2022
      Science

      What Would It Take to Terraform the Moon?

      May 16, 2018
      Body

      What If You Jumped Into a Pool of Bromine?

      January 27, 2022
      Cosmos

      Things You Were Lied to About Space

      April 14, 2023
      Cosmos

      What If We Dug a Hole Through the Moon?

      May 11, 2020
      MSN New

      Every Man on Earth Vanishes Overnight. Here’s What Follows

      How would the world change if, all of a sudden, every biological man disappeared? Would the world become more peaceful? Why would you have to ration food? And why...

      Earth, MSN New

      The Supervolcano That Could Turn America Into An Ash Desert

      Located in the United States, one of the world’s largest volcanoes is gearing up to explode. It’s known as the Yellowstone Volcano, and it’s not just...

      MSN New, Earth

      What If a Tornado Hit a Supervolcano Like Yellowstone?

      Imagine a tornado spinning over an erupting supervolcano. The result would be catastrophic beyond comprehension. While such a collision is incredibly unlikely, exploring...

      Humanity

      What If America Paid Reparations to Black People for Slavery?

      Slavery, America’s original sin, was outlawed by President Lincoln on New Year’s Day in 1863. But the repercussions of this brutality and dehumanization...

      MSN New

      Can Animals Recognize Themselves in the Mirror?

      What could possibly scare a big, powerful predator with sharp teeth and massive jaws? The answer, surprisingly, is its own reflection. Across the animal kingdom, mirrors...

      Earth

      What If the Earth Stopped Spinning for 5 Seconds?

      Hang on because we’re about to screech to a halt. That’s right. The Earth is going to stop spinning for five seconds. How much damage would this sudden stoppage cause...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If the Moon Was a Giant Disc?

      In 2010 an astronaut on the ISS observed a bizarre phenomenon. When he glanced out the window, he saw the Moon looked flattened when it appeared in the thickest part of...

      MSN New

      Could You Survive on Nothing But Bugs?

      Are you grossed out by the thought of eating insects? What effect would eating bugs have on your body? And could they become a major part of your diet? Fifteen states in...

      Earth

      What If You Drilled a Hole Through Earth?

        This would be the journey of a lifetime, if you don’t mind riding through molten rock and crushing pressure. What would you see along the way? How long...

      Earth

      What If You Built a Pipe to the Bottom of the Mariana Trench?

      This is the longest underwater pipe on Earth. It stretches to the bottom of the deepest place on the planet, where only a few people have ever visited. And we’re...

      MSN New

      Traveling Back 200 Million Years: Life on a Planet Before Us

      Stepping into Earth as it existed 200 million years ago would feel less like time travel and more like arriving on an entirely different world. There are no cities, no...

      MSN New, Earth

      If Earth’s Magnetic Field Vanished, Would We Even Notice in Time?

      There is an invisible force protecting us, keeping our atmosphere in place. Without it, life on Earth would be over very quickly. I’ll play with the music or a...

      MSN New

      The Hidden Danger of Killing Every Mosquito

      It is easy to dismiss mosquitoes as nothing more than annoying insects, but their impact on life on Earth is far more serious than most people realize. These tiny...

      MSN New

      Engineers Push Limits While Building the Deepest Bunker on Earth

      Hundreds of meters underground. Large enough to house tens to hundreds of thousands of people. And walls strong enough to withstand the force of a nuclear blast. These...

      MSN New

      What If There Were a Permanent Solar Eclipse?

      The last time the world witnessed a total solar eclipse was in 2017, and its presence delighted enthusiastic sky watchers. But what if, instead of a rare phenomena, a...

      Cosmos

      What If Jupiter and Mars Switched Orbits?

      The delicate balance of the entire Solar System exists in a gravitational dance between planets. Swap the orbits of two of them and you could end up wreaking all kinds...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      Could Solar Panels on the Moon Power Earth

      Not too far from Earth is a giant space rock that has silently played host to just twelve people in its entire history. What would happen if we put our cosmic satellite...

      MSN New, Humanity

      See What Underwater Humans Could Look Like

      Swipe Down for Full Video Story Humans are perfectly adapted for life on land, but what if evolution had pushed us back into the oceans instead? Over millions of years...

      Cosmos

      What If a Quasi-Star Entered Our Solar System?

      This rogue star has been traveling the Universe. And now, it’s finally entering our Solar System. But this isn’t just any regular star. It’s known as a...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      Can You Survive 5 Seconds on Venus?

      Venus is the second planet from the Sun and our nearest neighbor. At its closest approach, Venus is mere 40 million km (25 million mi) away from us. After just four...

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