Cracked Archive - Science

5 Psych Experiments That Sounded Fun (Until They Started)
All these experiments were very real and sounded very awesome. On the surface. The truth was a very different kind of animal.
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6 Scientific Reasons People Drive Like Assholes
People can't drive worth a shit. On the road, we're a bunch of inconsiderate jerks and science has proven it.
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- By Dave Easton
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5 Works of Legitimate Mad Science Passed Off as Art
The people that take the abstract concepts of art and the concrete realities of science and mix them together are just as crazy as you'd expect.
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- By Robert Brockway
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5 Animals That Are Terrifyingly Hard to Kill
These are Mother Nature's last line of defense when Cracked rages its war against her. We are totally boned.
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- By Shelby Fero
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6 Reasons Assholes Are Healthier (According to Science)
That asshole rageaholic who you thought was a heart attack just waiting to happen? He'll be jogging on your grave.
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- By Philip Moon
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6 Subtle Ways The News Media Disguises Bullshit As Fact
The media has extremely subtle ways of manipulating your point of view in whichever way they see fit. Next time you open a paper, keep your eyes peeled for these techniques.
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- By C. Coville
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7 (Thankfully) Extinct Giant Versions of Modern Animals
In prehistoric times, you would've had to wear a diaper wherever you went on account of these pants-shittingly huge monsters ready to eat you.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Terrible Ideas That Science Says Will Save the Planet
Plans to save the planet straight from the scientists at 'Futurama' University.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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The 6 Most Badass Robots (Invented Before Electricity)
You might think that robots are strictly a 20th century invention, but you'd be sorely mistaken: At the same time that the human race thought stomach aches were just tiny, enchanted dwarfs casting hunger spells, a few brilliant souls (possibly aliens) were actually building full functional robots.
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- By Christian Ames
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6 Human Character Flaws (That Saved the Species)
It turns out that all of our bad habits came about for a reason, and in order to become nature's biggest winners, we first had to act like pretty big losers.
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- By Nathan Birch
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6 Shockingly Evil Things Babies Are Capable Of
Why, you little shit.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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6 Logical Fallacies That Cost You Money Every Day
Your brain is a dangerous to the rest of yourself. Also, it's a dick.
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- By Dan Seitz, CRACKED Staff
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The 6 Most Bizarre Global Warming Side Effects
Apparently the side-effects stretch further than smug hippies. Shocking, we know.
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- By Ian Fortey
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7 Movies You Didn't Know Can Come True (With Mental Illness)
Which mental disorder allows us to make out with Scarlett Johansson?
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- By Matthew Hayden
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