Cracked Archive - Science
4 Apocalyptic Crises (Basically Nobody Realizes Are Coming)
These things are quietly breaking down in the background ...
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- By Mark Hill
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145 5 Ways Modern Life's Causing Our Bodies To Fall Apart
Our awful lifestyles are causing our bodies to fall apart in all sorts of bizarre ways.
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- By Mark Hill
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Hanger And The Munchies: 5 Common Food Feelings Explained
We need to talk about these mouthfeels.
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- By Adam Wears
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5 Real Science Experiments Straight Out Of A Horror Movie
Science doesn't care if it leaves deep, ragged scars on our souls.
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- By E. Reid Ross, E.M. Caris, Eamon Lahiri, Tee Ngin Rui
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5 Ways Your Phone Is Secretly Destroying Your Life
We promise we're not going to lecture you about how smartphones are evil.
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- By Mark Hill
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FFS, Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop Might Become A Netflix Show
This is a bad, bad idea.
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- By Adam Wears
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Ants Are Better At Flu Season Than Your Stupid Co-Workers
Ants take sick days, get healthcare, and most importantly, vaccinate.
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- By Cedric Voets
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4 Health Problems You Had No Clue Were Contagious
We don't mean to alarm you, but the entire world is covered in imminent death.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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That Comet Isn't An Alien Probe, Sorry Everybody
The assertion that the interstellar comet that passed Earth might be an alien probe is just science fiction. Specifically, the plot of 'Star Trek IV.'
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- By Cedric Voets
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5 Horrors Of Climate Change (Normal People Don't Know About)
Climate change is going to affect you personally ... in some very strange ways.
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- By Mark Hill
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5 Horrors of Nature Happening In Your Backyard (Right Now)
Nature is a horrific hellscape of Darwinian terrors.
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- By Ivan Farkas, Zola
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Screw-Ups In Recent Medical History
Nobody wants to hear their medical professional say, 'We made a mistake.'
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- By Chris Rio, Eamon Lahiri
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6 Crazy Studies You Had No Idea Existed
Science types go to great lengths to answer weird questions.
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- By Kelly Stone
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We've (Sort Of) Found Spock's Home Planet
Astronomers have found a planet at the exact spot everyone's favorite emotionless space elves are from.
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- By Cedric Voets
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5 Surprising Ways Your Genes Are Secretly Ruining Your Life
Some parts of our lives are simply out of our control.
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- By Mark Hill
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