Cracked Archive - Science

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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6 Animals With Jobs More Impressive Than Yours
There are critters out there more suited to our jobs than we are.
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- By Kelly Stone
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5 Huge Science Finds (That Got Held Back For Stupid Reasons)
Trying to change the world? Make way for the bozos who don't understand what you're doing.
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- By Nathan Williams
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Science Has Finally Solved A Major Pasta Problem
To physicists, the enigma that is spaghetti has been a splinter in their paw for generations.
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- By Cedric Voets
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11 Real Photos That Prove Mother Nature Is Freaking Insane
Evolution is an artist.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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We Once Allowed Radiation in Some Terrifyingly Normal Places
Companies made a bundle selling mundane objects inundated with radiation.
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- By Cracked Writers
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