At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

Humans will likely go extinct eventually, leaving behind a planet that has to adjust in their wake. While there is no true consensus as to what a human-free world will look like, there are a number of ...

The curious minds at What If investigate the consequences if humans suddenly went extinct, revealing how the planet and ...

Very few people live beyond a century. So, if no one had babies anymore, there would probably be no humans left on Earth within 100 years. But first, the population would shrink as older folks died ...

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Yes, we might think we’re invincible and capable of doing everything on our own, like John Wayne or James Bond; that is, until we suffer a serious injury or illness, or reach old age. That’s when we ...