Cracked Archive - Science

t's hard to talk people out of laws that sound like they're tough on crime, because damn it, those criminals have to pay, and the people arguing on the other side are probably just a bunch of bleeding hearts anyway. Who cares what the statistics say.

• By Robert Evans
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• July 23, 2012

When it comes to myths about our neighbors in the animal kingdom, people tend to buy into even the most far-fetched ideas with nary a second thought.

• By Jonathan Wojcik, J.C Breen, Nathan R. Carlsen, Kristina Dillon
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• July 23, 2012

'Man-made materials' make most people think of disastrous fashion, or whine about how things were better when everything was natural and green. But we invented doors and electrical supplies to keep her out, and some of us have been building incredible unnatural things ever since.

• By Luke McKinney
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• July 22, 2012

Expect the future to take a turn for the weird when they implement these babies in our everyday lives.

• By XJ Selman, Nadia Lopez
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• July 20, 2012

Here are five ways your brain can suddenly turn the world into a bizarre carnival of the absurd.

• By Ben Smith
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• July 17, 2012

Medicine is unique in that every radical advance is simultaneously exciting and terrifying. Very, very terrifying.

• By John Dubensky
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• July 16, 2012

Allow us to take a moment to imagine a planet where 'old' is the new 'everybody.'

• By Kristi Harrison
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• July 15, 2012

Some of my all-time favorite love stories are in a variety of genres that no one ever called romance. Which love stories? Glad you asked! Oh, you didn't ask?

• By Gladstone
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• July 14, 2012

It's paradoxical that there are some species out there that we just can't exterminate, and not for want of trying. These creatures breed out of control and march steadily forth, taking human territory miles at a time.

• By E. Reid Ross, Meg Anastasia
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• July 08, 2012

Sure, science fiction is full of horrifying genetic experiments gone wrong, but in the real world, things are much worse.

• By Erik Germ, Tracy V.
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• July 08, 2012

It's weird: Much of what is going on inside our own bodies is still a complete mystery to us. And the theories as to why we do some of these things are downright bizarre.

• By Pauli Poisuo
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• July 06, 2012

Here are the most baffling vehicular predictions 'Popular Science'seemed really keen on at the time

• By Adam Wears, Brandon B.
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• July 04, 2012

Evolution is a fickle mistress. We have opposable thumbs, but also get headaches if we eat ice cream too fast. But some of the everyday annoyances that drive us crazy are exactly what made modern humanity possible.

• By Chris Radomile, Lillian Marx, Howard L.
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• July 02, 2012

Nobody likes to think of their intelligence as something that can get weak and flabby due to things that are out of our control. Science says otherwise.

• By XJ Selman
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• June 28, 2012

Space is just flat-out crazy as hell. Oh, don't take our word for it or anything; we have photographic evidence.

• By Jacopo della Quercia
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• June 27, 2012