Cracked Archive - Science
What kind of lives are there for our robots? Abject servitude and eventual genocide? Oh no. Humanity isn't going to let that happen. We have other ideas and, inevitably, human nature will take these robot slaves down some darker paths.
- By Ian Fortey
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- August 21, 2012
Every attempt to prove that humans have some kind of telepathic sixth sense shows it to be complete bullshit. But we still shouldn't sell ourselves short -- we have all sorts of extra senses that we either never use or don't notice when we do.
- By XJ Selman
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- August 21, 2012
Even the best works could stand to learn a little something from the past, so here are a few things that I miss about old science fiction, and would like to see come back.
- By Robert Brockway
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- August 17, 2012
Landing on alien worlds is already the most impressive thing our species has ever done. Which makes these six blatant action-movies-that-actually-happened even cooler
- By Luke McKinney
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- August 16, 2012
Somewhere out there, scientists are still reaching for stuff that's so far above and beyond that it sounds like black magic.
- By Chris Rio
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- August 15, 2012
Gene meddling isn't immune to awesomeness. Sometimes, just sometimes, what comes out from the test tube is a lot less Cthulhu and more like your new, kickass pet.
- By E. Reid Ross, Meg Anastasia
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- August 13, 2012
Apparently, there are absolutely no qualifications needed to start screwin' with the very foundation of an entire species, and the chief motivator for many selective breeders is 'I thought it would be funny.'
- By E. Reid Ross
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- August 10, 2012
Every scientist strives to be objective and logical, ignoring personal biases in the interest of discovery and the pursuit of knowledge. But, you know, sex is really neat.
- By Lachlan M.
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- August 09, 2012
By now, you should know that our mission statement is 'Nature is terrifying and you should only leave the house if it's an emergency.'
- By Chris Rio
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- August 06, 2012
The world is full of magic, it's just that a lot of it isn't visible without special tools. Fortunately, microscopes exist.
- By Dustin Koski, Evan V. Symon , Kier Harris
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- August 05, 2012
This evening at about 10:30 PST, something pretty incredible will likely occur, and it has nothing to do with the Olympics.
- By Cody Johnston
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- August 05, 2012
t's easy to spend the rest of your life thinking that your bad luck with the ladies is just evolution trying to filter your weird face and frail physique out of the gene pool. But that's not entirely true.
- By XJ Selman
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- August 04, 2012
Scientists recently announced the discovery of the 'God Particle,' which, not surprisingly, also allowed for the discovery of idiots the world over.
- By Luke McKinney
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- August 03, 2012
As human beings, we go about our day-to-day lives, completely oblivious to the microscopic world around us. And that ignorance is great, because most of that microscopic world is scary as hell.
- By Kier Harris
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- July 29, 2012
The only reason you're not more afraid of bats than you are now is because you've never seen one up close. Allow us to change that.
- By E. Reid Ross
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- July 26, 2012
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