Cracked Archive - Science
The 6 Real and Terrifying Spider Superpowers
Spiders are more like Spider-Man than we think. Though they have yet to master the make-out session, they have racked up some other pretty crazy abilities.
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- By Monte Richard
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740 5 Random Factors That Determine Whether You Succeed in Life
You've stayed in school, stayed off drugs and made the right friends. Dollar bills should be raining down on you like a ticker tape parade, right? Not if you've got these completely arbitrary factors working against you.
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- By Ann Z.
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The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Animal Senses
Every now and then, an animal's sensory superiority goes above and beyond the usual and takes a turn for the bizarre and/or terrifying.
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- By Monte Richard
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11 Images of Nature You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped
One thing we've discovered over and over again is that nature is always weirder than what we give it credit for.
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- By Mike Cooney, Alex Brettingen
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6 Tiny Things Doctors Do That Can Save (Or End) Your Life
It turns out the world is full of zero-cost solutions that save lives. It's just a matter of convincing people to use them.
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- By Erik Carrera, Lillian Marx
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The 6 Most Nightmarish Worms on the Planet
You probably think you know everything you need to about worms. But you're wrong. So horrifyingly, nightmare-inducingly wrong.
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- By Andrew Munro
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The 6 Most Insane Ways Going Green Can Backfire
Where are we with green technology? That awkward stage where we have to wonder if it's all really worth it. Because some of the kinks we're running into range from horrifying to downright bizarre.
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- By Nick Masercola, Heather Farris
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The 6 Cruelest Science Experiments Ever (Were Done on Kids)
Sometimes science has to be ruthless. If curing cancer means dropping a dozen frightened children into the jungle for some reason, then by God that's what you do.
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- By R. Jason Benson
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5 Things You Didn't Know Could Make You Smarter
Apparently there are lots of little, arbitrary things that can boost your brain power in ways you'd never expect.
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- By Micah Niedner, XJ Selman
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The 5 Weirdest Sixth Senses Humans Have (Without Knowing It)
Every attempt to prove that humans have some kind of telepathic sixth sense shows it to be complete bullshit. But we still shouldn't sell ourselves short -- we have all sorts of extra senses that we either never use or don't notice when we do.
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- By XJ Selman
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5 Mind-Blowing Ways That Science Has Done the Impossible
Somewhere out there, scientists are still reaching for stuff that's so far above and beyond that it sounds like black magic.
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- By Chris Rio
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The 5 Coolest Pets Humanity Has Bred into Existence: Classic
Gene meddling isn't immune to awesomeness. Sometimes, just sometimes, what comes out from the test tube is a lot less Cthulhu and more like your new, kickass pet.
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- By E. Reid Ross, Meg Anastasia
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The 6 Most Terrifying Pets Humanity Has Bred Into Existence
Apparently, there are absolutely no qualifications needed to start screwin' with the very foundation of an entire species, and the chief motivator for many selective breeders is 'I thought it would be funny.'
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- By E. Reid Ross
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7 Studies That Only Proved That Scientists Are Perverts
Every scientist strives to be objective and logical, ignoring personal biases in the interest of discovery and the pursuit of knowledge. But, you know, sex is really neat.
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- By Lachlan M.
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10 Real Sea Creatures Lifted Directly from Your Nightmares
By now, you should know that our mission statement is 'Nature is terrifying and you should only leave the house if it's an emergency.'
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- By Chris Rio
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