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      What If Mammoths Never Went Extinct?

      May 12, 2020
      Humanity

      What If China Invades Russia?

      March 16, 2022
      Cosmos

      What If We Nuked the Sun?

      July 21, 2022
      Body

      What If Everything You Touched Turned Into Gold?

      July 14, 2022
      Humanity

      What If Everyone Over the Age of 18 Disappeared?

      June 22, 2019
      MSN New

      Why the U.S. and China Could Never Actually Go to War Over the Moon

      For decades, the Moon has symbolized exploration, scientific discovery, and national pride. Today, it has become the focus of a new competition between the United States...

      Earth

      7 Things You Should Know About the Permian Period

      The Permian Period, which lasted from about 299 to 252 million years ago, was one of the most fascinating and dangerous times in Earth’s history. It ended with the...

      Science

      What If We Dumped Our Trash into Volcanoes?

      volcano is one of the most unforgiving natural phenomenons on Earth. If you were to fall into its magma-filled center, your body would quickly bubble up, and disappear...

      Cosmos

      What If Aliens Came to Earth a Million Years in the Future?

      Scientists have pieced together a pretty clear picture of what life was like on Earth thousands, even millions of years ago. If you fast-forward one million years from...

      MSN New, Humanity

      What If a Nuke Exploded Near You?

      Once that missile launches, you can’t escape what’s coming next. But what are you facing? Four types of energy are about to be unleashed. First, a blast wave...

      HTS MSN

      He Kissed a Cobra for Entertainment, Hours Later He Was Dead

      Over the years, traditional snake charming has evolved into a more dangerous form of entertainment, with some performers taking extreme risks to attract crowds and...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What If the Earth Was a Moon of Jupiter with 40-Hour Days?

      There are 79 known moons of Jupiter. What if we move Earth into its orbit too? How would jupiter’s super strong gravity affect our lives? What would our skies look...

      MSN New, Earth

      Find Out What Would Happen If Earth Was Left Alone in Space

      Imagine never being able to dream of landing on Mars or traveling to Saturn. Not because it’s impossible to get there, but because they didn’t exist. Because...

      MSN New, Earth

      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...

      Humanity, MSN New

      What If China Ends the Iran War?

      We’ve seen the strikes. We’ve seen the headlines. But everyone is missing the real endgame here. If Operation Epic Fury turns into a full-scale land war, the winner...

      HTS MSN

      One Scorpion Sting Can Turn Deadly, and You Might Never See It Coming

      Scorpions live on every continent except Antarctica. They’re arachnids, part of the same charming family as tarantulas and delicious lobsters. And they have...

      MSN New, Humanity

      What Would Happen If Humans Could Communicate Without Saying a Single Word?

      Maybe you’ve always wanted to express your feelings without saying a word? What if you could read someone’s mind, and they could read yours? Would there be...

      Science

      Diving Into a Black Hole: Adventure or an Abyss?

      Say one day you were exploring space looking for a new planet for humans to inhabit, but came across a black hole and decided – why not check it out? Would you...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      A Strange Gas in Venus’s Atmosphere Could Be a Sign of Alien Life

      Is alien life really out there? For decades, humanity has looked at the night sky and asked the same question. Now, according to scientists, we may be closer than ever...

      MSN New, Earth

      Temperatures Dropped to −71.2°C, Freezing Exposed Skin in Moments

      Deep in the frozen wilderness of eastern Siberia lies a village unlike anywhere else on Earth. Snow blankets the landscape for most of the year, the ground remains...

      Science

      What If You Could Swim in Titan’s Lakes?

      [dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] What if…. you could swim in Titan’s lakes? Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is unique. It has its own...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      Dumping Every Drop of Earth’s Water on the Sun Would Only Make It Burn Hotter

      The planet is heating up and everyone is looking for a solution, so here is one that sounds almost reasonable at first. Take every drop of water on Earth and dump it on...

      Earth

      What If We Could Reheat the Earth’s Core?

        Forget a doomsday asteroid or melting permafrost. It’s the freezing of Earth’s core that will end the world in today’s episode. Or would it? Because maybe, just...

      Humanity

      What If an Advanced Civilization Lived in the Amazon?

      The Amazon rainforest stretches for millions of kilometers, hiding ancient tribes, animals and maybe something else. What if under this mysterious canopy lies an...

      MSN New, Earth

      It Looks Like Harmless Fog, and It Is the Deadliest Dive on This List

      Picture the most dangerous liquid you could possibly fall into. Most people think of boiling acid, or molten rock, or water swarming with something venomous. All...

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