Cracked Archive - Science

Millions Of Ants Fall Into A Nuclear Bunker And Form A Colony
Inside the bunker, there's no light, no food, and no way out.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Stop Telling People To Believe The Science
It's like saying "believe the truth." They already think they do.
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- By Mark Hill
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6 Ways Ancient Earth Was A Hellish Alien Planet
Flames! Frost! Acid! Pummeled by supersonic wrecking balls!
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- By Ivan Farkas
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That Time Seattle Thought Space Rays Were Attacking Their Cars
You can't rule cosmic rays out, especially if you don't know what exactly cosmic rays are.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Great Moments in Science Brought To Us By Pee
Science's obsession with urine never pe(e)tered out.
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- By Nathan Williams
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4 Weirdest Ways That Animals Get It On
These methods are sometimes devious, oftentimes disgusting, and occasionally seem downright impossible.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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Plants Have Their Own 'Internet' (And It's Cooler Than Ours)
This network can be found in 65% of all known land plant species and it rules.
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- By Tara Marie
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5 Weird Secret Projects That Keep The World Running
Did you know the majority of MLB stadiums buy their soil from one location in Pennsylvania?
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Why The Myers-Briggs Personality Test Is Nonsense
As a framework for one's life, it’s rickety and termite-riddled.
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- By Mark Hill
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5 Trippy Optical Illusions (And The Science Behind Them)
Take a look at the scary, counter-intuitive nature of existence and our illusory, tenuous grasp on reality.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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Nursing Homes Are Misdiagnosing Schizophrenia At An Alarming Rate
Residents with dementia are being diagnosed with schizophrenia so that powerful sedatives can be shoved down their throats.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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Thomas Edison Jr. Used His Family Name To Sell 'Miracle' Quack Inventions
Being the son of the 'Wizard' doesn't sound magical at all.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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7 Steps To Getting Your Baby To Fall Asleep, As You, The Parent, Descend Into Madness
What’s that, new parent? You’re excited about sleeping? You silly, naïve fool.
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- By Chris Corlew
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The McRib Was A Military Experiment Gone Horribly Right
That thing is made from stomach lining and pig hearts ... and that's fine, actually.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Mystery Of New York's Eternal Flame (Trapped In A Waterfall)
What’s keeping this fall 'lit?'
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- By Oona O'Brien
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VIRAL ON CRACKED
18 Celebs' Post Fame Lives
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- By Cracked Plasticians
14 SNL Hosts That Were The Worst
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- By Matt Solomon