Cracked Archive - Science
6 Insane Things Science Can Predict About You at Infancy
Science, as it usually does, has some surprising and kind of scary things to tell us. Apparently, no matter what kind of life you lead, scientists can still figure out who you'll be at 30 based on who you were as a toddler.
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753 5 Scientific Explanations Behind Everyday Nuisances
In an era where our gadgets exceed the science fiction of just 20 years ago, it's amazing how many everyday annoyances have never gotten fixed. It's not like folks haven't tried. It's just way more complicated than it seems.
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- By Dagmar Baer
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The 7 Most Terrifying Mouths in Nature
Sure, a lot of nature's creatures seem harmless, but then they open their mouths.
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- By Warren Tilson, Monte Richard, E. Reid Ross
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The 5 Stupidest Looking Superpowers in the Animal Kingdom
Here's to the Toxic Avengers of the Animal Kingdom.
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- By Kier Harris, Monte Richard, E. Reid Ross
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5 Ridiculous Medical Myths You Probably Believe
The truth is that most of us aren't exactly doctors when it comes to our knowledge of modern illness. A lot of what we know and believe about how to avoid being sick is based on old wives' tales and approximately as medically advanced as the idea that masturbation causes blindness.
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The 7 Most Terrifying Archaeological Discoveries
In reality, we all know archaeology is nothing like what we see in movies. No ... it's way more terrifying.
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- By Adam Wears, S. McClelland-Crosby
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5 Seemingly Harmless Things That Are Stressing You Out
Ever fly into a rage for no reason? It's almost like you were stressed out and on the verge of snapping for hours before that. Despite how you felt, it turns out that's exactly what was going on.
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- By XJ Selman
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5 Absurd Sci-Fi Scenarios Science is Actually Working On
While it's easy to imagine watching the hopeful utopia of Star Trek and saying, 'Let's make that real!' it's a little stranger to think the same after watching Blade Runner or Gattaca. Yet here we are.
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- By Joe Oliveto
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5 Scientific Explanations for Your Sexual Perversions
While maybe we can't explain your thing with puppets, science does have a few ideas about the other stuff we're into.
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- By Robert Evans
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6 Terrifying Creatures That Keep Going After They're Dead
If you're anything like us, cutting off a deadly snake's head is your best and only move, and sometimes not even that will work.
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- By K. Montagne, Dagmar Baer
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6 Insane Pet Journeys That Put Disney Movies to Shame
Just FYI: These stories require even more suspension of disbelief than any Pixar movie.
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- By Eddie Rodriguez
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6 Scientific Advances Courtesy of Reckless Self-Endangerment
It turns out that even science isn't always an exact science. There are plenty of white-coated professionals throughout history who spat in the face of empirical research and just injected themselves with shit to see what would happen.
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- By Chris Rio
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The 5 Scariest Things About Life as a Human Test Subject
Human medical test subject is in that category of jobs that kind of seems like free money. Free, horrifying money
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- By Sara Ohlms, Mary Johnson
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The 5 Most Horrifyingly Bad Mothers in the Animal Kingdom
While human mothers certainly deserve all of the flowers and phone calls they get on Mother's Day, we dare say that there are other species where motherhood is an even more trying and/or terrifying ordeal.
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- By Monte Richard
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5 Reasons Being Left-Handed Screws You for Life
Much of the last century or so has been dedicated to alleviating the plight of minorities, from one human rights campaign to the next. But in all this time, one group has consistently fallen through the cracks: left-handed people.
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- By T. Z. Keiser
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