Cracked Archive - Science

When we die, we'll probably have to pay the celestial piper and burn off all the bad karma by coming back as a lowly beast. And if we're really awful, we'll come back as one of these.

• By E. Reid Ross
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• March 05, 2016

When Hollywood sets out to write up a good old-fashioned space adventure, it often just rips real scenes from the pages of history -- it really is hard to top them.

• By Sergei Korolev
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• February 24, 2016

[Disclaimer: Do not start putting garbage bags on your head]

• By Himanshu Sharma
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• February 15, 2016

Want to drink water in space? Prepare to consume recycled sweat, dirty water, and, yes, pee.

• By Nathan Shulkin
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• February 13, 2016

No, I'm not kidding or exaggerating; these innocent, defenseless little creatures are guilty of one of a crime so bad that the U.N. had to get 136 countries to ratify a treaty to agree not to do it.

• By Matt Cowan
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• February 02, 2016

In roughly 80 percent of the countries on Earth, people eat insects, so we sat down with one man who has made it his life's work to get Americans to eat more bugs.

• By Robert Evans, Kevin Bachhuber
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• January 27, 2016

It turns out there was a very good reason you couldn't finish your vegetables but always had room for cookies.

• By Jeff Sloan, Abraham Mireles, Laura H, Lisa Olsen
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• January 25, 2016

Unfortunately, modern medicine firmly believes that all medical problems either affect everyone in exactly the same way or don't affect one gender at all.

• By Natalie Vail
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• January 05, 2016

It turns out a lot of common healthcare practices don't really fit the definition of 'science-based medicine.'

• By E. Reid Ross
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• December 16, 2015

Misinformation, determined addicts and dealers ... just a few things you deal with as a gatekeeper of a great narcotics vault.

• By Anna Dakota, Anonymous
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• December 07, 2015

'Healthy' and 'unhealthy' foods trade places more often than pro wrestlers in a tag-team match.

• By Davian Venture
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• December 01, 2015

It's called Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, and it means some people just can't eat that dry-ass turkey every year.

• By Kathy Benjamin
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• November 25, 2015

What will Earth look like to you, a benevolent extraterrestrial emperor? The answer is 'A planet full of Darth Vaders hopped up on bath salts.'

• By E. Reid Ross
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• November 25, 2015

Science isn't everything. It's given us a lot and granted wishes beyond ancient humanity's wildest dreams, but there are some things it just shouldn't have to do.

• By Luke McKinney
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• November 19, 2015

There are plenty of parenting techniques that just seem like common sense, until science comes in and points out how your well-meaning habits are just making things worse.

• By Lisa Olsen
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• November 16, 2015