What If You Had to Eat Only One Food Forever?
• 6 min read • science
Nutritionists have actually worked this out. The answer isn't pizza, but it's closer than you'd expect.
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What If World War II Never Happened?
• 7 min read • history
No nuclear weapons, no United Nations, no European Union, no Cold War — but probably something worse festering unchecked.
What If Your Dreams Were Broadcast Publicly?
• 6 min read • fun
The first casualty would be every politician's career. The second would be every marriage.
What If Dinosaurs Never Went Extinct?
• 7 min read • nature
Mammals would stay mouse-sized, primates would never evolve, and the smartest creature on Earth might have scales.
What If You Could Remember Everything?
• 6 min read • science
Perfect memory sounds like a superpower until you realise you'd relive every embarrassing moment in HD forever.
What If the Internet Went Down for a Year?
• 7 min read • technology
Within 72 hours the global economy collapses. Within a week people rediscover board games. Both are equally terrifying.
What If Every Country Had the Same Laws?
• 7 min read • society
Whose laws? That question alone would start more wars than it prevents.
What If the Amazon Rainforest Vanished?
• 7 min read • nature
Twenty percent of Earth's oxygen, ten percent of all species, and a weather system the size of Europe — gone before lunch.
What If Humans Could See Every Germ?
• 7 min read • fun
Your kitchen sponge alone would look like a neon rave. Germophobia would become the rational position overnight.
What If Everyone on Earth Jumped at the Same Time?
• 6 min read • science
Eight billion people, one coordinated leap. Would the planet notice? The answer involves more crowd crush than cosmic physics.