Cracked Archive - Science
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.
- By Chris Rio
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- May 16, 2012
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
- By Sara Ohlms, Mary Johnson
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- May 14, 2012
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.
- By Monte Richard
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- May 13, 2012
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.
- By T. Z. Keiser
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- May 13, 2012
The 5 Ballsiest Casino Cheats of All Time
While we're 95 percent sure 'Ocean's 11' wasn't a documentary, there are some real world Danny Oceans using real world Danny Oceanesque cheats. Only they didn't have to risk breaking into a vault to rob the casinos for piles of cash; they did it right from the casino floor, with ingenious tricks.
- By Benjamin Buso
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- May 12, 2012
6 Mind-Blowing Animal Infestations Straight Out of the Bible
Every once in a while, a completely innocuous animal will look at our quaint neighborhoods and civilized lives and say, 'Oh, that's way better. Let's go live there.'
- By Erik Germ
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- May 10, 2012
The 6 Most Brutal Infections You Could Have Right Now
These infections would be considered too gross for a Cronenberg movie.
- By Alex Kendziorski
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- May 06, 2012
The 5 Most Badass Man vs. Nature Showdowns Ever Photographed
It's easy to forget how ludicrously terrifying the natural world can be, and how very small we are in the face of it. When confronted with the grand, humbling, massive and occasionally deadly power of our planet, what can one measly little human being do? Run? Cry? Not these people.
- By Robert Brockway
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- April 25, 2012
5 Gender Stereotypes That Used To Be the Exact Opposite
If society has taught us one thing, it's that it becomes way too easy to claim that all sexual and gender stereotypes date back to the early days of human evolution.
- By J.F. Sargent
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- April 24, 2012
6 Things You Won't Believe Science Can Do With DNA
Many people see DNA as something magical -- written down long ago which just tells you how things are going to be. Which is a pity, because that attitude is pretty much the opposite of science.
- By Luke McKinney
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- April 22, 2012
5 Great Scientists Who Believed Wildly Unscientific Things
Plenty of brilliant people have done crazy things in the service of the scientific method. What's harder to figure out are the famously brilliant scientists who went above and beyond to proudly wave two middle fingers in the face of reason.
- By Howard L.
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- April 16, 2012
5 Hallmarks of Bad Parenting That Are Actually Good for Kids
Kids who grew up in the '90s couldn't leave the house without a speech on stranger danger and an extra dose of Flintstones vitamins. But it turns out there are some things that lazy/negligent parents kind of got right.
- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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- April 12, 2012
7 Random Things You Won't Believe Are Shortening Your Life
Apparently, real longevity indicators are things you probably wouldn't guess in a hundred years (even if you managed to live that long).
- By Michael Corvinus
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- April 11, 2012
5 Seemingly Random Factors That Control Your Memory
Our old friend science has tracked down some of the completely random things that decide whether or not your memory will choose to function at a particular moment. Thanks, science.
- By Eddie Rodriguez
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- April 10, 2012
5 Species You Won't Believe Are Related
Imagine you're an animal, attending your evolutionary family reunion. You might be surprised to find out how remarkably similar it is to your last family reunion: You spend the day trying to avoid 'that guy' that no one wants to admit you're related to, while the rest of your relatives randomly eat each other. This article is for the 'that guys.'
- By Michael Vozniak
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- April 08, 2012
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