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 black hole? And what does a black hole have to do with all this? I know what […]
Even from space, you can see that the planet Earth is full of life. When you take a closer look, you’ll discover a delicate balance of millions of different life forms co-existing, and relying on each other to survive. But what if these aren’t all unique individual organisms? What if […]
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They’re the deadliest thing on Earth. They suck your blood and spread disease, killing nearly one million people each year. Are we talking about vampires? Lions? Gorillas? Actually, none of these things. We’re talking about mosquitoes. Are mosquitoes really this deadly? What would happen if they all disappeared? Would humanity […]
If you’re interested in trying out monday.com FREE for 14 days, make sure to click on this link: http://bit.ly/whatif-monday Friction is what allows us to move…and to slow down. Friction is how we pick things up …and hold on to them. To be totally honest, there isn’t much we could […]
With the vastness of the Universe, everything in it seems so spread out. But some objects are closer than you might realize. Every now and then, a random interstellar asteroid passes through the Oort cloud, the wall of icy debris at the very edge of our Solar System. But what […]
They’re spooky. They’re scary. And they’re probably not real. But what if it was confirmed that ghosts were living among us? Should we be worried? What would they be made of? And who ya gonna call? Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/what-if-ghosts-were-real/ Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-HhCwYD7rc&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJCzxwmCq0NNpYq9N9wyb2l The Cosmos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfuJyVkMH_g&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJno6oFF9nLGuwXNGYHmE8U […]
If you could combine your genes with any animal in the world, which one would you choose? Would you want the power of a wolf? The agility of a cat? Or the wings of a bird? Well, you’d better make your mind up quickly, because this technology is right around […]
That’s no moon. It’s a space station. The enormous, planet-killing kind, designed for only one thing — to bring order to the galaxy. It’s Star Wars’ Imperial superweapon, the Death Star. What would it take to build one just like this? Where would we assemble the biggest weapon of mass […]
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