Cracked Archive - Science
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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335 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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6 Substances That Wipe Their Ass With the Laws of Physics
It's worth reiterating that modern geniuses are more than capable of mooning physics with the twin butt-cheeks of innovation and technology.
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- By Aatif Zubair
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5 Ways We're Designing Robots to Be Total Assholes
We have hit that theoretical point in time when our machines become bigger dicks than we are.
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- By Josh Hrala
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The 5 Most Epic Acts of Trolling in the History of Science
It turns out some scientists not only have a sense of humor, but can be sassy little shits if you give them half a chance ... even if it means damaging their own careers or entire scientific fields in the process.
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- By Amanda Mannen, Steve Shapiro
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Watch Cracked Live! Help Us Save the World!
As you've no doubt noticed, we here at 'the Cracked' are primarily motivated by charitable concerns ... just kidding!
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- By CRACKED Staff
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5 True Stories of Killer Animals Too Unrealistic for a Movie
It's freaky when actual animals turn into serial killers, stalking prey and evading capture in a way that makes the shark in 'Jaws' look like an incompetent asshole.
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- By J.F. Sargent, Evan V. Symon
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6 Ridiculous Science Myths You Learned in Kindergarten
Teachers are people, too, and people have this nasty tendency to occasionally lob whatever untruth comes flying at them right back at somebody else like a game of bullshit ping pong.
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- By Eddie Rodriguez, Himanshu Sharma
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6 Horrifying Things That Happen Before You Leave the Womb
The real world bites, but it's sure better than where you came from.
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- By Matt Machmuller
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5 Creepy Creatures We Wish Science Hadn't Just Discovered
Every once in a while we uncover a species so vile and so contrary to all that we consider precious and good that it makes us seriously wonder if all this exploration nonsense is worth the hassle.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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