Cracked Archive - Science
5 Amazing Ways Animals Can Control Their Bodies
In the game of "Pick a Superpower" let us submit some lesser known yet still amazing bodily functions that would be life-changing or, if nothing else, hilarious.
- By Karl Smallwood, Agneeth Mazumdar, Micah Duke
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- December 27, 2012
6 Things That Secretly Make You Act Like a Jerk
It is horrifyingly easy to manipulate a person's moral decisions without them knowing it -- that's why this is one of our favorite subjects.
- By XJ Selman
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- December 27, 2012
5 Everyday Pieces of Clothing With Shocking Health Risks
You should probably avoid wearing the following common clothing items that are physically damaging, or in some cases even trying to outright kill you.
- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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- December 16, 2012
4 Ways Nature Brainwashes You into Taking Care of Babies
Babies are simply not prepared for the world when they arrive, and that's why Mother Nature tricks you into making sure they survive.
- By Soren Bowie
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- December 11, 2012
6 Mental Conditions That Could Be Mistaken for Superpowers
In the interest of karmic rebalancing, I've identified a number of rare mental conditions that, when looked at in a slightly different light, appear to be less a cause for mockery and more a cause for envy.
- By Chris Bucholz
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- December 04, 2012
5 Reasons Modern Life Is Driving Manliness to Extinction
Science says that testosterone levels in America are disappearing like there's no tomorrow. But why?
- By C. Coville, Rev. Les Crowley
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- December 03, 2012
6 Elaborate Science Experiments Done Just for the Hell of It
It turns out that a huge amount of the scientific research done in the world seems to be based entirely on shits and giggles.
- By Elsa Moriarty
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- December 02, 2012
5 Seemingly Harmful Things That Make You Live Longer
Apparently science says that there are plenty of random and even bad habits that will help us live longer.
- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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- November 30, 2012
5 Workplaces Annoyances That Can Actually Boost Creativity
Science shows that almost everything you hate about your shitty office actually makes you more creative.
- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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- November 25, 2012
7 Bizarre Prehistoric Versions of Modern-Day Animals
Nobody ever cranks out a masterpiece in one sitting. Not even Mother Nature gets it right the first time.
- By Agneeth Mazumdar
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- November 24, 2012
9 Animals That Are Just Lazy Combinations of Other Animals
Remember the first time you saw a platypus as a kid and for a moment refused to believe that nature would really create an animal that looks like a duck had sex with a beaver? Well guess what, the world is actually full of bizarre mashup creatures like that, some of them hilarious and some of them terrifying, all of them looking like the result of
- By Andrew Burch, Monte Richard, E. Reid Ross
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- November 23, 2012
5 Everyday Things That Can Literally Drive You Crazy
Your brain is just another part of your body, and just as you can get a cold by touching a doorknob somebody sneezed on, there are all sorts of random and innocuous things that can make it go haywire.
- By XJ Selman, Nadia Lopez
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- November 16, 2012
5 Of Life's Most Mundane Problems (Solved With Math)
Not everyone can discover the cure for cancer, which is apparently why a whole lot of scientists opt to research other, more mundane things.
- By Karl Smallwood, XJ Selman
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- November 14, 2012
The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Superpowers of Bees
If you thought that flitting around flowers and falling over dead were the only things bees were good at, then you are sorely misinformed, friend.
- By Monte Richard
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- November 14, 2012
8 Ordinary Photos Hiding Mind-Blowing Details
Sometimes a photo that looks completely boring and mundane at first glance can reveal mind-blowing details once you bother to take a closer look at it. Like two visible areolas.
- By Eric Yosomono, Xavier Jackson, Curren Mcdowell, Alaric Penname
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- November 12, 2012
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