Cracked Archive - Science

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.)
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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 ...
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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.
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- By XJ Selman
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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.
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- By Kelly Stone
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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.
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- By Monte Richard, XJ Selman
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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.
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- By Marshall Lemon
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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.
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- By Eddie Rodriguez, Aatif Zubair
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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.
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- By Monte Richard, Rich Solomon, Austin Black
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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.
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- By Steve Shapiro, Andrew Bensley
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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.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Micah Kolding
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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!
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- By Nathaniel Cope
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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.
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- By Andrew Marinus
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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.
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- By Matt Jones
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The 5 Most Badass Things Ever Done in the Name of Research
For most of us, research is something you 'Google.' For others, it's something that puts hair on your nether region.
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- By J. Wisniewski
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5 Personal Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Someone
They say you should never judge a book by its cover. But when it comes to people, covers are the shit.
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- By XJ Selman
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