Cracked Archive - Science
The Guy Who Discovered DNA Thought Aliens Sent It
They're dead now, but their DNA lives on, in us all.
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2 Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: 5 Madcap Ideas About The Universe And Reality
Planet X may actually be cool enough to live up to its name.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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We Were So Sure Martians Existed, We Excluded Them From A Contest
Poor Martians. No one cares about them.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: 4 Lucky Cosmic Breaks (That Allow Us To Exist)
There's lucky, there's REALLY lucky, and then there's life-on-Earth lucky.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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An MIT Scientist Sent Aliens Images Of Our Junk
We eagerly await their reply.
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15 Weirdest Facts About Nikola Tesla
These days, the name “Tesla” is synonymous with “crashing into things and catching on fire,” which is basically how the man himself operated.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: 6 Reasons Aliens Likely Exist (But It Might Not Matter)
Do aliens exist? Probably! Are they cool? Probably not.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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Doctors Tortured Each Other In Some Strange Ways To Test Anesthesia
C'mon, doc. There was no need to squeeze him THERE.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Humans Are Evolving? Not So Fast.
Humans might evolve no further. Good.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 Cute Lil' Critters That Are Filled With Deadly Poison
The most Instagram-worthy death dealers nature has to offer.
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- By Eli Yudin
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Cracked's Eatin' Weird - 4 Ways Food And Fitness Culture Overcomplicate Things
As fitness science improves, so does its love of snake oil.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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How Vikings Used Onion Soup To Find Out If People Would Die
The soup tasted so bad, the patient welcomed death.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Cracked's Eatin' Weird - 4 Wrong Things We Believe About Food
Today we answer your burning food-based questions (beyond just "Is this mayo still good?")
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- By Ivan Farkas
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The Lie Detector's Inventor Married The First Person He Questioned
The device measuring her heartrate actually detected ... love.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 People Who Succeeded At The One Thing They Couldn't Physically Do
You can play the violin with your feet, and paint with your mouth.
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