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      Body

      What If Your Body Could Be Recycled?

      June 9, 2021
      Earth

      What If the Megalodon Was Hiding in the Mariana Trench?

      December 6, 2021
      Humanity

      What If We Traveled One Billion Years Into the Past?

      May 6, 2021
      Cosmos

      What If the Largest Asteroid Hit Earth?

      March 31, 2022
      Body

      What If You Mated With an Alien?

      June 29, 2022
      Earth

      What If the Argentinosaurus Was Alive Today?

      Taller than a six-story building. Longer than three school buses. Ten times as heavy as an elephant. The largest dinosaur ever is coming back from extinction. What would...

      Earth

      What If You Never Threw Anything Away?

      Hoarders. They can’t bear to throw anything away. They pile up stuff everywhere, cluttering every space until they can’t move anymore. What if we could flip...

      Cosmos, Humanity, MSN New

      What Would Happen If a Baby Was Born on the Moon?

      Greetings, future moonling. That’s right. You are among the first generation of children born on the Moon. How would your birth compare to every previous human’s...

      MSN New, Earth

      Alien Life May Have Started Everything on Earth

      For as long as humans have looked toward the stars, one question has remained unanswered: how did life begin? Scientists have searched for clues in Earth’s ancient...

      MSN New, Earth

      If the Poles Suddenly Flipped, What Would Happen to Us?

      What if north suddenly became south and south became north? What if Earth’s magnetic poles reversed overnight, just like they did around 780,000 years ago? The...

      Science

      What If Earth Was Near the Center of the Milky Way?

      See that strip of stars splashed across the night sky? That’s our home galaxy, the Milky Way. You can see it from Earth because we live on its very outskirts, far...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What If Humanity Moved to Ceres?

      Settling on the Moon or Mars may be all the buzz. But how about we all move to an icy dwarf planet in the middle of the Solar System? To Ceres. What would make this a...

      HTS MSN

      The Science Behind Arachnophobia and How to Overcome It

      Imagine spending a quiet night in an old cabin deep in the woods. Everything feels peaceful until you notice something moving on the wall. Then another one appears...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Would Happen If a Volcano Erupted Into Space?

      Across the Solar System, there are worlds where volcanoes are far more extreme than anything found on Earth. On Jupiter’s moon Io, enormous volcanic eruptions send...

      MSN New, Earth

      The Ancient Living Bridges of India Hiding a Surprising Secret

      Hidden deep within the lush forests of northeastern India are bridges unlike any others on Earth. They aren’t built from steel, concrete, or wood. Instead, they...

      Cosmos

      What If Earth Orbited the Sun at the Speed of Light?

      Every year, our planet makes one full trip around the Sun. And while that means we’re already moving at breakneck speeds, we’re about to ramp that speed up. Like, way up...

      MSN New, Earth

      Europe Is Burning: Inside the Wildfires Forcing Thousands to Flee

      Imagine watching your entire world burn to the ground in less time than it takes to make a cup of coffee. That’s what a security camera just recorded in Spain, as...

      MSN New

      Inside the Museum of the Future: 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...

      HTS MSN

      If Dinosaurs Came Back, Could You Survive One?

      A new dinosaur-themed amusement park with real dinosaurs just opened. And you’re part of the first group of visitors. Suddenly a scream pierces your ears. You turn...

      Humanity

      What If You Tried Flying Tied to Helium Balloons?

      Scroll down to watch the video. Long after the invention of airplanes, we still dream of being able to fly on our own. But without wings, our options are kind of limited...

      MSN New

      Something Deep in the Atlantic Is Eating the Titanic Away

      More than a century after its tragic sinking, the RMS Titanic still rests deep beneath the icy waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. But according to scientists, the...

      Earth

      6 Prehistoric Creatures That Were Scarier Than Dinosaurs

      Dinosaurs often steal the spotlight when it comes to terrifying prehistoric creatures, but they were far from the only fearsome beasts to roam the Earth. From enormous...

      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If Elon Musk Owned Mars?

      Elon Musk has just claimed Mars as his own personal planet. Building his own human colony on the Red Planet, independent of Earth and with it’s own set of laws...

      HTS MSN

      5 Dangerous Mistakes People Make During Cat Attacks

      Cats may be known as cute and playful pets, but they are still predators with sharp claws, powerful jaws, and lightning fast reflexes. While most cats avoid serious...

      Humanity

      What If We Became a Type II Civilization?

      When it comes to energy, we have a long way to go before our utility bills become a thing of the past. On the Kardashev scale we’re still a Type 0 civilization...

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