Cracked Archive - Science
7 Normal Things That Become Horror Movies Under a Microscope
Nature is a beautiful ... from an extremely far and safe distance.
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385 5 Eerily Human Things You Won't Believe Animals Do
Every once in a while we like to remind everyone of all of the insane ways animals are just like us.
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- By Ivan Farkas, Andrew Heaton, Himanshu Sharma
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5 Brain Disorders That Started as Evolutionary Advantages
It turns out some theories suggest that many times what we now call a disorder used to be an awesome advantage.
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- By Matthew Moffitt, Himanshu Sharma
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5 Mind-Blowing Things Found Hiding in Our Own Solar System
There's actually more to our sun's 'hood than meets the eye, and if you just give it a chance, it may surprise you.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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The 6 Stealthiest Disguises in the Animal Kingdom
Luckily, there are no terrible spiders that look exactly like computer mice. Or...are there?
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- By Monte Richard, E. Reid Ross, Carly Brooke
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5 Terrifying Ways Being in Love Chemically Impairs You
Love does things to a person. And science has weighed in on the subject to let us know that love triggers all sorts of weird chemical and physical changes inside our brains and bodies.
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- By Irene IR
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7 Adorable Animals That Spawn Terrifying Babies
If it wasn't for pictures and videos of cute baby animals, the Internet as we know it would probably cease to exist. But we feel that such widespread dissemination of cuteness may be giving you the wrong idea of what's actually out there.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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5 Real Planets Way Weirder Than Anything in Science Fiction
It turns out that the only 'theme' a real planet can have is unbridled, awestruck terror.
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- By Andrew Heaton
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5 Amazing Magical Powers Created by Simple Science
Science can do things that not only seem like magic, but make magic tricks look like a bunch of ridiculous bullshit.
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- By Steve Shapiro, Daniel Nest, Captain D
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6 Dog Breeds With Secret Superpowers
It turns out humans have bred all sorts of weird superpowers into these animals to help them do our bidding.
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- By E. Reid Ross, Dominik Zezula
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6 Shocking Studies That Prove Science Is Totally Broken
One thing we've learned, as a site that likes to publish reader-friendly science articles, is how much of the stuff that comes our way is, well, worthless.
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- By Andrew Marinus, Alan Boyle, Jon Pearl
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5 Weird Inventions Science Is Creating Just to Gross Us Out
It seems some engineers would like to take us past the uncanny valley and make us empathize with our inevitable robot overlords.
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- By Josh Hrala
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5 Weird Psychological Dangers of Giving People Gifts
The whole gift-exchange scenario is a lose-lose situation. Science has spent a surprising amount of time studying it an everything you thought you knew is wrong.
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- By Daniel Nest, Alan Boyle
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5 Basic Things You Won't Believe Science Can't Explain
In school you learned a few scientific concepts that prepared you for a lifetime of understanding. And we're about to take that away from you.
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- By Himanshu Sharma
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6 Insanely Colored Versions of Normally Boring Animals
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- By Nick J.
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