Cracked Archive - Science

6 Real Inventions That Would Seem Over The Top In A Movie
Has Science ever bothered to address what we, as a species, REALY need: awesome-looking superpowers? Actually, yes.
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8 Things You Didn't Realize Will Be Ruined By Climate Change
Climate change is slowly compiling a kaleidoscope of unexpected ways to make all of our lives a living hell.
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- By Cedric Voets
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7 Scenes From Nature Too Ridiculous To Be Real (But Are)
There are times when Mother Nature is a maniac flinging neon paint and giraffe DNA into our universe just to see what will happen.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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6 Ways Society Is Designed To Screw Teenagers Every Day
It's always been rough being a teenager, and there's at least some evidence it's now rougher than ever.
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5 Painfully Accurate Human Behaviors In The Primate World
Soon, monkeys will have unsatisfying jobs in IT and erectile dysfunction.
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- By Nathan Williams
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7 Species That Will Rule The Earth When We're All Dead
Plenty of species are just waiting for us to extinct ourselves as hard as humanly possible -- and some of them might be getting a bit impatient.
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- By Cedric Voets
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6 Science Breakthroughs Of 2016 That Might Save Humanity
Even in a year as garbage as 2016, science just keeps right on trudging through the sludge of human misery to bring us incredible advances.
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- By Ivan Farkas, Norbert Gehardt, Luke Miller
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6 Medical Conditions That’ll Give You Endless Nightmares
Spoiler Alert: Our bodies are alarmingly disgusting and frightening.
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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6 Horrifying Bugs That Forgot To Follow The Rules Of Nature
Bugs are made of equal parts nightmares and hell-dimension rage.
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5 BS Science Myths Your Entire View Of The World Rests On
While we'd hope you leave school know a few undeniable truths, it turns out you're leaving with fewer than you think.
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- By Saikat Bhowmik
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7 Of Your Dumb Fears (Science Says Are Justified)
Don't let anyone tell you your fear is irrational. It's worse -- it's evolutionary.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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7 Famous Companies Who F**ked The World And Got Away With It
While the sales pitch of every successful company is to offer consumers some way to make our lives better, a whole bunch of them have secretly been doing the exact opposite.
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- By Nimby Smith
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5 Supposedly Healthy Things That Are Good For (Killing) You
Some natural health trends do worse than make you insufferable at parties; they straight kill you.
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- By Alyssa Feller
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6 Creepy Things That Happen To The Human Body (When You Die)
When you leave your body for good, your cadaver opens the door to an endless parade of potential indignities.
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- By Marina Reimann
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8 Everyday Things You Had No Clue Were Actually CGI
There's nothing you can't do with computer generated imagery and wheelbarrows full of money.
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- By Chris Radomile
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