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      What If the Arctic Turned Into a Megaslump?

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      What If You Jumped Into a Bathtub Full of Tapeworms?

      August 16, 2021
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      What If Earth Had a Global Hyperloop Network?

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      What If We Built the World’s Highest Bridge?

      October 4, 2022
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      What If We Entered a New Ice Age?

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      World Without the Moon Landing and How Everything Would Change

      The moment Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon in 1969 became one of the most defining events in human history. Around 600 million people watched as humans stepped onto...

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      She Was Cleaning Her Shed When Brown Recluse Spiders Suddenly Attacked Her

      On July 1, 2024, 44 year old Jessica Rogue of Bogart, Georgia, was cleaning out her shed when she noticed a spider web. She did not think much of it and reached out to...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      What if Humans Tried to Land on Kepler 452 b?

      Humanity has long imagined leaving Earth and establishing a second home among the stars. The idea of a backup planet is no longer confined to science fiction, especially...

      MSN New, Humanity

      The Nearest Star Would Be Close Enough to Reach, but There May Be No Metal to Build With

      Imagine a night sky where the nearest star is close enough to actually visit. Not 4.37 light years away like Proxima Centauri, but a short hop by cosmic standards, one...

      MSN New, Cosmos

      You Land Under a Red Dwarf Sun, and Every Single Step Feels Heavier

      The hatch opens and the first thing that hits you is the light. Not the bright white glare you have known your entire life. Everything here glows deep orange, a...

      MSN New, Humanity

      We No Longer Need Cables to Power Anything, and the World Changes Faster Than Ever

      It’s still early in the 21st century. The world is moving faster than ever, and it shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. But wait a minute. Does faster mean...

      Earth

      What If You Could Freeze a Hurricane?

      Has the weather ever ruined your plans? What if I told you I had an idea to stop hurricanes from wrecking your day? And that it involves liquid nitrogen. How exactly...

      Earth

      What If We Could Refreeze the Arctic?

      The Arctic might soon become completely ice-free. And when all of the ice is gone, the world won’t be the same. But what if I told you there was a way to prevent...

      Cosmos

      What If We Started Mining Asteroids?

        Space is full of treasures. Literally. If we were able to extract the resources from the rocks in the asteroid belt alone, we could give $100 billion to every...

      Earth

      What If the Earth’s Crust Suddenly Opened Up?

      Deep beneath your feet is a subterranean melting pot. A fiery inferno ready to boil over at any moment. Anywhere or anytime. Imagine that today is the day the ground...

      MSN New, Earth

      This Fish Lives 5,000 Meters Below the Surface, and It Looks Like a Monster

      Deep beneath the ocean’s surface lives a creature so strange that it looks more like an alien than a fish. With oversized fangs, a massive head, and a body adapted...

      MSN New

      Could Hantavirus Lead to Another Pandemic?

      Three passengers died — including a Dutch couple — and others fell ill on the MV Hondius sailing from Argentina toward Cape Verde. One case is lab-confirmed as...

      Earth

      What If You Skydived Into a Tornado?

      They’re big, they’re scary and they can carry cars, cows and even a couple of houses. They can range from a simple dust storm to a force that can wipe out an...

      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...

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      Why Is Florida the Most Terrifying State in America?

      Florida is well known for its sunny beaches, theme parks, its nightlife, and the warm weather. Yet beneath the travel brochures lies a state in which hurricanes...

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      A.I. Predicts a Zombie Apocalypse by 2030

      Today, we’re mapping out a realistic simulation of a zombie apocalypse. Let’s see if you’ve got what it takes to survive the end of civilization...

      Humanity, MSN New

      What If 9/11 Happened Again?

      On the morning of September 11th, 2001, tragedy struck when two hijacked airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York City. After that, everything...

      MSN New, Humanity

      Are We About to Create a Superintelligence That Outsmarts Us?

      We heard the warnings. But we didn’t listen. Now, we live in a world controlled by artificial intelligence. How did we let this happen? Will we able to survive...

      Cosmos

      What If We Lived In a Galactic Zoo?

      Do you ever feel like you’re being watched? Not by a creepy stalker, but by aliens. Yup, it might be happening. Just like we watch animals at the zoo, aliens may...

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      264 Steps to the Top, 52 Meters to the Bottom, and One Fatal Mistake

      It was supposed to be the ultimate waterslide experience. Towering 52 meters, or about 170 feet, above the ground, the attraction promised riders an extreme journey...

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