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5 Popular Self-Help Tips That Actually Hurt Your Career

We follow the advice of self-help books or motivational guides -- sure, a lot of those things are probably BS, but it can't hurt to give them a try, right? (Hint: Wrong.)

Authors: By XJ Selman
Published: February 22, 2013
Comments: 908

5 Insane Theories About Why We Haven't Discovered Alien Life

We can say with a candor close to absolute certainty that nobody on Earth will ever see warp drive starships or quad-breasted space women from the Crab Nebula, because for a number of reasons, the chances of us ever meeting any aliens are slim to none. Why? Well ...

Authors: By Fernando Ramirez
Published: February 21, 2013
Comments: 2652

5 Scientific Ways to Trick Yourself into Being a Good Person

We don't want to always be negative here. Are there ways you can trick yourself for the better? Sure.

Authors: By XJ Selman
Published: February 16, 2013
Comments: 606

The 7 Most Bizarre Objects to Ever Fall from the Sky

You've probably heard the urban legend about the time it rained frogs somewhere, or seen news stories about a meteorite that crashed through a roof and landed feet away from somebody's recliner. But in the annals of baffling objects that have come raining down from the heavens, you find much weirder examples.

Authors: By Kelly Stone
Published: February 12, 2013
Comments: 785

5 Bizarre Factors That Secretly Influence Your Opinions

In many ways, our opinions define us. And yet, every single day, scores of weird and seemingly insignificant things are twisting our preferences.

Authors: By Monte Richard, XJ Selman
Published: February 08, 2013
Comments: 997

5 Ways You Can Improve the World With Almost No Effort

Good news: For absolutely no effort or cost whatsoever, you can make profound differences in the world.

Authors: By Marshall Lemon
Published: February 07, 2013
Comments: 1685

5 Real Medical Treatments That Seem More Like Sick Pranks

Sometimes the craziest ideas have science on their side, so don't be so quick to call your doctor a quack if he or she recommends these.

Authors: By Eddie Rodriguez, Aatif Zubair
Published: February 05, 2013
Comments: 763

6 Underrated Predators With Mind-Blowing Abilities

Obviously, you don't stand a chance in the wild -- not when animals like these are out there murdering each other with what might as well be magic powers.

Authors: By Monte Richard, Rich Solomon, Austin Black
Published: February 04, 2013
Comments: 848

The 6 Greatest Acts of Trolling in the History of Science

Science has seen some epic trolling over the years, so much so that it at times makes 4chan look like a chamber of reasoned discourse.

Authors: By Steve Shapiro, Andrew Bensley
Published: February 03, 2013
Comments: 1002

The 6 Most Bizarre Things Ever Discovered in Space

Humanity has been looking out into space for thousands of years, and the most important thing we've discovered over that time is that everything is crazy weird out there.

Authors: By Jacopo della Quercia , Micah Kolding
Published: February 01, 2013
Comments: 1555

6 Awesome Superpowers (That Would Suck in Real Life)

We're about to show you how having your favorite superpower would likely have pretty crappy -- if not completely disastrous -- results. You're welcome!

Authors: By Nathaniel Cope
Published: January 30, 2013
Comments: 3031

5 Psychology Studies Every Awkward Teenager Should Read

If we ever got the chance to go back in time to visit our lonely teenage selves we'd tell them to keep their chin up.

Authors: By Andrew Marinus
Published: January 21, 2013
Comments: 1726

5 Things You Won't Believe Math Can Predict

Can science and mathematics quantify something as mysterious as the beauty of music, or the evil of the human spirit, or the madness of a panicked mob? Yeah, pretty much.

Authors: By Matt Jones
Published: January 18, 2013
Comments: 650