Cracked Archive - Science
24 Scientific Ways to Influence People Without Saying a Word
Everyone wants to be a Jedi Master or Sith Lord or, if you're a Trekkie, an alien space magician or whatever. Well, we're here to help with that.
- By AM Smiley
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- August 14, 2014
The 5 Perviest Scientific Studies Ever Published
Human sexuality is a complicated thing, and in the name of research sometimes you just have to roll up your sleeves and get down and dirty. As in the following ridiculously awkward studies.
- By Lachlan M., Simen Dalehavn Faaberg
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- August 10, 2014
5 Terrible Ways Nature Turns Pregnancy Into a Horror Movie
These poor critters carry, deliver, and raise their young in such painful and deadly ways, the so-called Miracle of Life becomes a curse of pissed-off-warlock proportions.
- By Jason Iannone
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- August 05, 2014
6 Insane Species Infestations (Caused by Humans)
Mankind is still at least a couple centuries away from figuring out that yanking a species out of its natural habitat and transplanting it somewhere else is a dumb idea.
- By Jordan Rudow
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- August 03, 2014
4 Everyday Things That Make Us Way Angrier Than They Should
There are a lot of things that we know aren't technically bad at all, but they bug the crap out of us anyway.
- By C. Coville
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- July 30, 2014
5 Things That Happen After a Car Accident Breaks Your Skull
Pick the one part of your body that you don't want to suffer a traumatic injury. Everyone should have the same answer, aside from all of the dudes pointing at their junk: the head.
- By Carmen Burana, Augusto Coaracy
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- July 29, 2014
6 Picky Eating Habits You Can Fix (And Not Just With Bacon)
To all the picky eaters, here is a list of the most hateful foods in the world, and suggestions on how to choke them down.
- By Chris Bucholz
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- July 22, 2014
5 Animals That Have Learned How to Keep Pets
Looking around this giant waterlogged space-boulder we call Earth, we find several clear cases of domestication among animals that shouldn't even grasp the concept.
- By E. Reid Ross
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- July 22, 2014
5 Ridiculous Lies You Probably Believe About Psychology
After a semester of intro to psychology and a dozen BuzzFeed quizzes, you might think you've got a pretty good understanding of how the human psyche works. But not so fast ...
- By Carmen Burana, M. Merberg
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- July 22, 2014
19 Life Hacks You'll Want to Know in a Catastrophe
Your survival is important to us.
- By AM Smiley
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- July 19, 2014
6 Ways Movies Get Space Wrong (by Astronaut Chris Hadfield)
If you're ever up in space and suddenly go blind, don't panic. Chris Hadfield can totally see now.
- By Mark Hill
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- July 18, 2014
4 New Depression Treatments You Won't Believe Actually Work
Depression is a serious illness, and anyone who thinks otherwise should stop reading now and go listen to angry talk radio or something. But it is true that people are figuring out new ways to treat it.
- By C. Coville
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- July 16, 2014
5 Mysteries About the Human Race That Science Can't Explain
We've nailed a whole lot down, sure, but there are some shockingly simple questions we don't have very solid answers to yet.
- By Monte Richard, Himanshu Sharma
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- July 14, 2014
5 Facts About Colors That Will Change How You See the World
If you figured there's nothing really interesting going on with color, that's a reasonable opinion, and completely wrong.
- By Chris Bucholz
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- July 08, 2014
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