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      Cosmos

      What If Two Black Holes Collided?

      January 21, 2020
      Science

      What If We Had To Evacuate Earth?

      May 1, 2019
      Earth

      What If Terror Crocs Were Still Alive?

      October 15, 2020
      Earth

      6 Things That Would Happen if All Underwater Volcanoes Exploded at Once?

      November 11, 2022
      Humanity

      What If COVID-19 Never Disappears?

      March 17, 2021
      MSN New

      Study Shows That Owning a Dog Can Help You Live Longer

      Dogs have been called humanity’s best friend for centuries, and millions of people welcome them into their homes for companionship, loyalty, and their...

      Cosmos

      What If the Planets Were Knocked off Course?

      Our Solar System is plunging into chaos. Better hang on tight. The planets are getting knocked out of orbit. What could kickstart this epic chain of events? How would...

      Earth

      What If We Cooled the Earth with Solar Power?

      Why do solar panels look so different these days? And why have we started installing them on top of mountains, using them to pave our roads, and putting them in the...

      Earth

      What If We Lost The Amazon Rainforest?

      How long would it take for the world’s largest rainforest to burn down? If we don’t do anything to stop it, we’ll soon find out. The Amazon rainforest...

      MSN New

      What If Lightsabers Became Reality

      Do you long for an elegant weapon from a more civilized age? Something less clumsy and random. As you hone your sensitivity to the Force, you may wonder. What if...

      Humanity

      What If Everyone Flushed at the Same Time?

      What if everyone on the planet coordinated to perform the biggest “flush mob” in history? Pushing all the wastewater in the world down the drain, all at once...

      HTS MSN

      Up to 1,000 People Entered This Wave Pool, Then the Drownings Began

      There was an amusement park unlike any other. A place where visitors came looking for excitement and left with bruises, broken bones, or sometimes something far worse...

      MSN New, Health

      World Health Day: What If All of the Bacteria Became Antibiotic Resistant?

      The Centers for Disease Control claims that 1 in 3 antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary. Unnecessary antibiotics cause the body to build up a resistance to those...

      Humanity

      What If You Lived In a Closed Biosphere?

      What if we took everything that sustains life on this planet, and shrunk it down to one small bubble? Earth’s biosphere stretches about 20 km (12 mi). From the...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What Is Better for Life – Mars or Venus?

      When it comes to the question of which planet humanity could one day call home, the obvious choice might seem to be Mars. But surprisingly, Venus might actually be a...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      The Machines Have Spoken. This Is When the First Human Steps on Mars

      Ask a human when we will walk on Mars and you get a dream. Ask the data and you get a date. Feed everything we know into the analysis, current space agency roadmaps...

      HTS MSN

      You Crawl, You Bleed, You Freeze, and Nobody Lets You Stop

      You are exhausted. Your clothes are soaked, your skin is covered in sand, and your entire body is shaking from the cold. Every step feels impossible. Your hands and feet...

      HTS MSN

      How Anyone Could Survive the Aftermath of an Asteroid Impact

      Space debris falls to Earth from our Solar System all the time. Almost 91000 kilograms, or 100 tons per day, travels our way. So where does it all go? Well, most of it...

      Cosmos

      What If We Could Open a Portal to a Parallel Universe?

      What if there are other universes, just like ours? With an infinite number of Earths? With uncountable versions of you? And what if we don’t have to look too far...

      Science

      What If You Lived Inside a Hologram?

      What if the Universe is an illusion? What if your reality is not what it seems to be? What if you are you’re just a 2D projection stretched on the surface of a...

      Science

      What If Extinct Animals Could Be Brought Back to Life?

      What do saber-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths and the dodo all have in common? They’re all extinct, and some theorize humans played a large part in this. What if...

      MSN New, Science

      The Secret Is a Jelly Inside Its Body, and Humans Barely Produce Any of It

      There is a thick, jelly like substance packed throughout the body of one particular animal, and it may be the closest thing science has found to a fountain of youth...

      HTS MSN

      He Lived With a 1,000 kg Hippopotamus, Seconds Later It Was Found Torn to Pieces

      Hippos are often seen as calm animals that spend their days relaxing in rivers and muddy waters. But behind their peaceful appearance is one of the most dangerous...

      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...

      Earth, MSN New

      The Most Powerful Sea Creatures Compared

      The ocean is home to some of the most extraordinary creatures on the planet. From tiny deep sea hunters to massive gentle giants, its waters hide animals that are both...

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