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      What If One Million People Actually Stormed Area 51?

      July 18, 2019
      Body

      What If You Could Make Spider Web Like Spider-Man?

      February 10, 2022
      Earth

      What if Earth Had Rings Like Saturn?

      February 3, 2017
      Earth, Science

      What If the Earth Was Cut in Half?

      May 21, 2019
      Earth

      What If We Turned Earth Into a Spaceship?

      November 16, 2022
      Cosmos, MSN New

      What If the US Built a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon – and It Exploded?

      Imagine looking up at the moon and seeing space dust floating around it. Maybe broken-off parts of the moon are raining down on Earth. You’d wonder what happened;...

      MSN New, Humanity

      Israel Military vs Iran Military

      As tensions simmer in the Middle East, the world watches the shadow war between Israel and Iran with increasing concern. While both nations possess formidable military...

      Earth

      What If Sandworms Were the Size of Humans?

      Sandworms are gross-looking little things. Maybe a little bit cute. I almost feel bad using them as bait. What if instead of us hunting them, they were able to hunt us...

      Humanity

      What If There Were an Underground City Below Denver Airport?

      Scroll down to watch our video. This may look like a regular airport, but people believe that beneath it there is an underground city. And not just any underground city...

      HTS MSN

      Why You Should Never Underestimate an Angry Sloth

      When most people imagine a sloth, they picture a slow, harmless animal hanging upside down in a tree. They are famous for moving at a painfully slow pace, spending most...

      MSN New

      They Found Nature’s Greatest Artist

      Imagine diving deep beneath the ocean’s surface and coming across a perfectly crafted circular pattern etched into the seafloor. With its intricate ridges...

      MSN New

      An Alien Ocean World Could Be Closer Than We Think

      For decades, scientists have searched the universe for signs of life beyond Earth. While distant exoplanets often grab the headlines, one of the most promising places...

      MSN New

      The Reason Termites Lick Their Own Queens to Death

      Termites are some of the oldest insects on Earth, with fossils dating back around 130 million years to the Early Cretaceous period. Today, they can be found on six of...

      Cosmos

      What If Kepler 22-b Was in Our Solar System?

      Earth is the only life-supporting planet in our Solar System. Until now. Today, we’re bringing Kepler 22-b into our planetary neighborhood. Where would this planet...

      HTS MSN

      She Was Trapped Between Two Parts of the Ride, and the Audience Thought It Was Part of the Act

      Disneyland is famous for turning imagination into entertainment. Guests arrive expecting thrilling rides, colorful shows, and attractions designed to make them forget...

      MSN New, Earth

      Aliens Could Be Living 11 km Beneath the Ocean, and We Wouldn’t Even Know

      There’s a reason why the idea of aliens living at the bottom of the sea keeps popping up in popular culture. Many of us are far more afraid of what lies down there than...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Would Actually Happen If a War Broke Out on the Moon

      The Moon has long symbolized exploration and scientific discovery. But as more nations and private companies prepare to return to the lunar surface, an unsettling...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      You Just Landed on Kepler 186 f, and the Red Sky Is Only the Beginning

      Imagine standing on the surface of an alien world nearly 600 light years away from Earth. The sky glows dim red instead of blue. Strange plants sway in the cold wind...

      MSN New, Earth

      22 Kilometers Across and 10 Times Higher, This Bridge Could Change Engineering Forever

      Welcome to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the “Roof of the World.”It’s home to the world’s tallest mountain, Mount Everest. But also the longest, deepest canyon on the...

      MSN New, Humanity

      What If Everyone Stopped Working?

      Imagine waking up one morning and deciding you never want to work again. No alarm clock, no stressful meetings, and no boss telling you what to do. Sounds pretty great...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      If Earth Were the Center of the Solar System, the Sun Would Die and We’d Freeze Solid

      Put Earth at the center of the Solar System and something has to give. Gravity does not negotiate, so if everything is going to orbit us, the masses have to be...

      HTS MSN

      The First 24 Hours of a Zombie Apocalypse Decide If You Live

      Brainsss. Rotten, reanimated and ravenous for humans. The dead are rising from their graves. The whole world is in a frenzy. The infections are spreading fast and...

      Cosmos

      What If a New Planet Formed in the Solar System?

      A gas cloud located 500 light years away from our solar system is about to become a planet. This process usually takes a few hundred million years, but what if we made...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      The Universe Started Bouncing, and Everything Could Collapse Again

      How long would we have untill the Earth got crushed into nothingness? What would we observe from down here? And what would happen next? It’s generally accepted...

      Cosmos

      What If You Traveled to Gliese 12 b?

      Forty light years from Earth, there is a world that looks a lot like Venus. But unlike the most sweltering, hellish planet in the Solar System, this not so distant...

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