What If: Science, Theory, and Possibilities

What If

An epic exploration of possibilities. What If is a Webby Award-winning science web series that takes you on a journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities, some in distant corners of the universe, others right here on Earth. Each scenario examines a scientific theory, research or fact through a hypothetical question.

  1. HÁ 16 H

    Scientists Discovered Planets Better for Life Than Earth

    While Earth might seem like the optimal planet for life, discoveries suggest otherwise. Scientists have identified worlds like KOI 5715.01 that could surpass Earth in habitability. One of these, located 3,000 light-years away in the Goldilocks zone of its star, boasts conditions favorable for liquid water. For more details, check the transcript and sources. Questions or concerns? Contact us here. Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book: here. Join this channel for perks: here. Explore our other channels:How to SurviveApertureCrazy CreaturesYour Body OnOrigins of FoodVersusWTF Did I Just Watch Watch more what-if scenarios:Planet EarthThe CosmosTechnologyYour BodyHumanity T-shirts and merch: here. Suggest an episode: here. Newsletter: here. What If elsewhere:InstagramDiscordTwitterFacebookWhat If in SpanishWhat If in MandarinPodcast What If is a mini-documentary series exploring hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on a journey through time, space, and chance as we simplify complex subjects in a fun way. Produced by Underknown in Toronto: here Contact us: here. 00:00: Scientists Discovered Planets Even Better for Life Than Earth00:28: KOI 5715.0102:36: Thanks Better Internet!03:34: Kepler-69 c04:31: Kepler-1126 b05:31: SPECULOOS 2c #planets #habitable #KOI5715.01 #Goldilockszone #liquidwater #Kepler-69c #Kepler-1126b #SPECULOOS2c #exoplanet #NASA #solarsystem See show notes: https://inlet.fm/what-if-science-theories-possibilities/episodes/681d85f3e64c4b83e7e516e9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    10min

  2. HÁ 3 DIAS

    What If Earth Was as Small as Pluto?

    It's a small world after all, because today, we're shrinking Earth to the size of Pluto. But if our planet was this tiny, how would it alter the atmosphere? Why would the Earth get hotter? And how would gravity affect our water supply? Would we be tidally locked to the Moon? Would our planet still be habitable? Transcript and sources: whatifshow.com/what-if-earth-was-as-small-as-pluto/ Questions or concerns? Contact us at underknown.com/contact/ Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book: bit.ly/ytc-the-what-if-100-book Join this channel to get access to perks: youtube.com/channel/UCphTF9wHwhCt-BzIq-s4V-g/join Check out our other channels: How to SurviveApertureCrazy CreaturesYour Body OnOrigins of FoodVersusWTF Did I Just Watch Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet EarthThe CosmosTechnologyYour BodyHumanity T-shirts and merch: bit.ly/whatifstore Suggest an episode: bit.ly/suggest-whatif Newsletter: bit.ly/whatif-newsletter What If elsewhere:InstagramDiscordTwitterFacebookWhat If in SpanishWhat If in MandarinPodcast What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure through time, space and chance while we (hopefully) boil down complex subjects in a fun and entertaining way. Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto: underknown.com Contact us at underknown.com/contact/ 00:00: What If Earth Was As Small as Pluto?01:05: Living on a Pluto-sized Earth02:41: Air pressure and lack of gravity03:42: Tidally locked to the Moon04:48: Earth shrinking even more #Earth #Pluto #gravity #atmosphere #tidallylocked #habitability #space #cosmos #NASA #solarsystem See show notes: https://inlet.fm/what-if-science-theories-possibilities/episodes/681d85f4e64c4b83e7e516ed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    9min

  3. HÁ 4 DIAS

    Avatar's Pandora in Real Life is Terrifying

    Avatar's Pandora is known as the wildest, most beautiful, and most deadly place in the galaxy. Ever wondered why the air could be lethal or what makes bodies glow? Discover fascinating elements and forces like tidal heating, and why a gas giant could devastate Pandora's surface. Plus, find out why Netflix might not be an option there. For the full transcript and sources, visit whatifshow.com/living-on-pandora/. Questions or concerns? Contact us at underknown.com/contact/ Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book: here. Join this channel for perks: YouTube membership. Check out our other channels: How to Survive Aperture Crazy Creatures Your Body On Origins of Food Versus WTF Did I Just Watch Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth The Cosmos Technology Your Body Humanity T-shirts and merch: whatifstore. Suggest an episode: here. Newsletter: Subscribe. What If elsewhere: Instagram Discord Twitter Facebook What If in Spanish What If in Mandarin Podcast Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto: underknown.com 00:00: Avatar’s Pandora in Real Life is Terrifying00:41: Pandora01:30: Polyphemus03:00: Pandora's atmosphere04:48: The Alpha Centauri star system #Avatar #Pandora #JamesCameron #space #cosmos #solarsystem #tidalheating #gasgiant #AlphaCentauri See show notes: https://inlet.fm/what-if-science-theories-possibilities/episodes/681d85f6e64c4b83e7e516f5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    9min

  4. HÁ 5 DIAS

    Earth Reaches Boiling Point for 5 Seconds

    Get a free What If Top 10 book when you sign up for our newsletter: https://underknown.com/newsletter/ Get ready for serious burns and the instantaneous death of organisms. Let’s turn up the heat and bring the entire planet to a boil for five whole seconds. How would this apocalyptic heat wave affect the environment? What would this do to all living things on Earth? Transcript and sources: https://whatifshow.com/earth-reaching-boiling-point-for-5-seconds/ Questions or concerns? Contact us at https://underknown.com/contact/ Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book: http://bit.ly/ytc-the-what-if-100-book Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCphTF9wHwhCt-BzIq-s4V-g/join Check out our other channels: How to Survive Aperture Crazy Creatures Your Body On Origins of Food Versus WTF Did I Just Watch Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth The Cosmos Technology Your Body Humanity T-shirts and merch: http://bit.ly/whatifstore Suggest an episode: http://bit.ly/suggest-whatif Newsletter: http://bit.ly/whatif-newsletter What If elsewhere: Instagram Discord Twitter Facebook What If in Spanish What If in Mandarin Podcast What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure through time, space, and chance while we (hopefully) boil down complex subjects in a fun and entertaining way. Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto: https://underknown.com Contact us at https://underknown.com/contact/ 00:00:00: What If Earth Reached Boiling Point for 5 Seconds?00:00:43: Average temperature on Earth and boiling point00:01:35: Temperatures suddenly going up00:02:48: What would it do to you?00:04:02: Life after the worst heat wave #WhatIf #Earth #boilingpoint #heatwave #environment #temperature #climate #hypothetical See show notes: https://inlet.fm/what-if-science-theories-possibilities/episodes/681d85fae64c4b83e7e51703 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    8min

  5. HÁ 6 DIAS

    If Earth's Entire Population Lived in a Single Skyscraper

    With nearly eight billion people on the planet, things can feel pretty crowded. Let’s imagine housing every single person on Earth in one giant skyscraper. A building big enough for all eight billion of us doesn't exist yet, so we'd have to build it from the ground up. Visit the full transcript and sources. Questions or concerns? Contact us at Underknown. Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book at this link. Join this channel for perks: YouTube Channel Check out our other channels:How to SurviveApertureCrazy CreaturesYour Body OnOrigins of FoodVersusWTF Did I Just Watch Watch more what-if scenarios:Planet EarthThe CosmosTechnologyYour BodyHumanity Get T-shirts and merch at our store. Suggest an episode: Click hereSubscribe to our newsletter: Sign up Follow What If:InstagramDiscordTwitterFacebook Available in other languages:SpanishMandarin Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto. 00:00:00: Living in the Same Skyscraper00:00:58: Thanks Better Internet!00:02:16: Iceland00:02:54: Australia00:03:27: United Kingdom00:04:02: Philippines00:04:36: Mexico00:05:16: The U.S.00:06:20: India00:07:28: The Earth Tower #skyscraper #Earthpopulation #building #hypotheticalworlds #Underknown #populationdensity #construction See show notes: https://inlet.fm/what-if-science-theories-possibilities/episodes/681d85fde64c4b83e7e5170d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    13min

  6. 8 DE DEZ.

    What If the Moon Orbited Earth Faster?

    Buckle up. We're going to take the orbit of this rock and kick it into high gear. Behold the Moon breaking its planetary speed limit. How would this event flood cities? What would happen to the Earth's crust? Why would the Moon go rogue? What's the Roche limit? What is the basis of Kepler's third law? Get a free What If Top 10 book when you sign up for our newsletter Transcript and sources: Moon Orbiting Earth Faster Questions or concerns? Contact us Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book: The What If 100 Book Join this channel to get access to perks: YouTube Channel Check out our other channels: How to Survive, Aperture, Crazy Creatures, Your Body On, Origins of Food, Versus, WTF Did I Just Watch Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth, The Cosmos, Technology, Your Body, Humanity T-shirts and merch: What If Store Suggest an episode: Suggest What If Newsletter: What If Newsletter What If elsewhere: Instagram, Discord, Twitter, Facebook, What If in Spanish, What If in Mandarin, Podcast What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure through time, space, and chance while we (hopefully) boil down complex subjects in a fun and entertaining way. Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto: Underknown Contact us at Underknown Contact 00:00:00: What If the Moon Orbited Earth Faster?00:00:40: Moon getting closer to Earth00:02:14: What will happen to the oceans?00:03:06: The Roche limit00:04:04: The real nightmare begins #moon #earth #orbit #Rochelimit #Kepler'sthirdlaw #flood #crust #gravity #space #naturaldisaster #nasa See show notes: https://inlet.fm/what-if-science-theories-possibilities/episodes/681d8600e64c4b83e7e51717 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    8min

  7. 5 DE DEZ.

    If Earth Became a Spaceship

    Imagine the Sun is about to explode or a planet-destroying asteroid is approaching. Or maybe you want to take Earth for a joy ride around the Universe. Buckle up as we explore piloting Spaceship Earth out of our Solar System. What would it take to free our planet from the Sun’s gravity? Which innovative ideas would be the most efficient? And why would we need to nearly destroy everything on Earth to make this work? Get a free What If Top 10 book when you sign up for our newsletter. Transcript and sources: here. Questions or concerns? Contact us. Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book. Join this channel to get access to perks: here. Check out our other channels: How to Survive, Aperture, Crazy Creatures, Your Body On, Origins of Food, Versus, WTF Did I Just Watch. Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth, The Cosmos, Technology, Your Body, Humanity. T-shirts and merch: here. Suggest an episode: here. Newsletter: here. What If elsewhere: Instagram, Discord, Twitter, Facebook, What If in Spanish, What If in Mandarin, Podcast. Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto: here. Contact us. 00:00: Turning Earth into a Spaceship01:00: Spaceship Earth02:10: Chemical Rockets03:08: Fusion Rockets04:03: Ion Engines04:54: Solar Sails06:17: Gravitational Slingshot #Earth #spaceship #solarsystem #gravity #innovation #Sun #planet #rocket #solarsails #gravitationalslingshot #spaceshipEarth See show notes: https://inlet.fm/what-if-science-theories-possibilities/episodes/681d8601e64c4b83e7e5171b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    11min

  8. 4 DE DEZ.

    What If Lizard People Ruled the World?

    Attention, humans. Shapeshifting alien lizards have taken control of your world. They’ve maneuvered themselves into positions of power, and they could be anyone. Where did these powerful reptilians come from? How could you tell if someone is a lizard in disguise? How could you possibly defeat these all-powerful overlords? Could they be from the Orion and Draco constellations? Transcript and sources available here. Questions or concerns? Contact us at our website. Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book here. Join this channel to get access to perks: YouTube Membership Check out our other channels: How to Survive Aperture Crazy Creatures Your Body On Origins of Food Versus WTF Did I Just Watch Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth The Cosmos Technology Your Body Humanity T-shirts and merch available at What If Store. Suggest an episode here. Newsletter: Sign Up What If elsewhere: Instagram Discord Twitter Facebook What If in Spanish What If in Mandarin Podcast What If is a mini-documentary web series produced with love by Underknown in Toronto: Underknown Contact us at Underknown Contact 00:00: What If Lizard People Ruled the World?00:42: The conspiracy theory02:06: Origins of the reptilians03:03: What to look out for?04:53: What could you do to stop them? #lizardpeople #alien #shapeshifting #conspiracytheory #Orionconstellation #Dracoconstellation #powerfulreptilians See show notes: https://inlet.fm/what-if-science-theories-possibilities/episodes/681d8602e64c4b83e7e5171f Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    9min
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An epic exploration of possibilities. What If is a Webby Award-winning science web series that takes you on a journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities, some in distant corners of the universe, others right here on Earth. Each scenario examines a scientific theory, research or fact through a hypothetical question.

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