Cracked Archive - Science
8 Animals That Are Just Lazy Combinations of Other Animals
It turns out nature gets off on haphazardly stapling DNA together and calling it a day.
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566 6 Animals That Prove Nature Has a Childish Sense of Humor
It's hard to believe these species didn't solely come about to keep middle-schoolers in stitches.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Become Instantly Smarter
e don't guarantee that these will work for you -- all we can say is that smarter people than us have gotten them to work under scientifically controlled conditions.
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- By Paul K Pickett, Erik Carrera, David Rose
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5 Brain Hacks That Give You Mind-Blowing Powers
These hacks come with various degrees of difficulty, but no risk or potential for injury. And actual scientists say that all of them work.
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- By Agneeth Mazumdar, Jamie Flexman
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5 Ridiculous Natural Disaster Myths You Probably Believe
Extreme weather has become a sort of boogeyman for humanity. And like any boogeyman, the urban legends and old wives' tales have completely outpaced the original threat.
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- By Jesse Clark
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5 Ways Statistics Are Used to Lie to You Every Day
There are some basics that everyone should know. Each of them sounds incredibly simple when it's explained, yet each of them will fool you again within days of reading this article.
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- By Nathaniel Cope, James Spedding
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The 6 Most Baffling Science Experiments Ever Funded
Scientists are only human, and some humans are just plain crazy. Which is why, on occasion, those serious old men in their fine white coats up and throw sense straight out the window.
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- By Ricardo Rivera
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5 Diabolical Ways Your Body Tricks You into Being Fat
We're not saying that willpower and mental fortitude don't play a role. We're just saying that even if your mind is in the right place, the deck is still stacked against you in a bunch of different ways.
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- By XJ Selman
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5 Insane Sci-Fi Weapons That Now Exist in Reality
There are two kinds of scientists in this world -- those whose discoveries will lead the planet into a new era of enlightenment, and those whose research will inevitably be stolen by terrorists who enjoy dressing up as snakes. This article is dedicated to this second group.
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- By Monte Richard
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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.)
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- By XJ Selman
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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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- By Fernando Ramirez
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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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