Cracked Archive - Science
5 Awesome Parasites That Torture Animals (That I Hate)
The world has provided some ruthless parasites that target the insects, spiders and rats I hate most. These parasites don't just kill either, they torture, emasculate and generally show their hosts such unapologetic violence that I can't help but be impressed.
- By Soren Bowie
- /
- February 07, 2011
6 Weird Things That Influence Bad Behavior More Than Laws
Our surroundings can trick us into being generous, good people. Of course, it goes the other way, too ...
- By Kathy Benjamin
- /
- February 03, 2011
8 Terrifying Animal Swarms Created by Human Stupidity
Animals aren't extremely ambitious. Sometimes, however, all they need is a little helpful prodding in the right direction to start conquering everything around them like warlords.
- By Danny Vittore, Karl Smallwood
- /
- January 06, 2011
6 Ways the Cracked Book Makes Your Xmas Gifts Look Like Shit
With our book on shelves, and your closet full of gifts you'll never actually use, we are running down the Top Christmas Gifts of 2010, and explaining whether they're worth keeping.
- By CRACKED Staff
- /
- January 02, 2011
6 Amazingly Intelligent Animals (That Will Creep You Out)
Thinking is what makes us human, and thinking means we'll always be the ruling species in this planet, because the rest of those guys are really stupid. Well ... not all of them.
- By Sam Blitz
- /
- January 02, 2011
6 Animals Humanity Accidentally Made Way Scarier
They're coming for us, and it's our own damn fault.
- By C. Coville
- /
- December 27, 2010
The 6 Most Horrifying Ways Hospitals Can Kill You
DO NOT BE AFRAID TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL IF YOU ARE SICK. Nothing you will read in this article is suggesting that it's just better to nurse your horrible infection back to health in the comfort of your own garage.
- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
- /
- December 22, 2010
6 Bizarre Ways Architecture Is Designed to Ward Off Ghosts
When designing a building, you have to account for things like terrain, materials, weather, handicapped accessibility and, of course, ghosts.
- By Christina H
- /
- December 14, 2010
6 New Weapons That Are Making War Look Like a Cartoon
When we see the prototypes theseweapons designers are testing, we realize the battlefield of the future will be utterly insane.
- By Danny Vittore
- /
- December 09, 2010
6 Random Things (Other Than Drugs) That Reduce Pain
Your nearest drugstore is full of completely fake pain remedies, from shoe magnets to magical ground-up shark bones. But while these new age medicines are little more than placebos, science has found a whole lot of unexpected -- and downright weird -- ways you can control pain without ever swallowing a pill.
- By Kathy Benjamin
- /
- December 04, 2010
11 Exam Study Tips for the Completely Screwed
Use a highlighter to color words in your books. This will make it feel like you're actually studying. Actually studying involves reading the words, which is also good, but much more time consuming, and frankly discriminatory against people who don't want to read.
- By Chris Bucholz
- /
- November 30, 2010
The 6 Ballsiest Inventors Of All Time
To be a good scientist, it takes intelligence and creativity and years of study. To be a great scientist, you need to be just a little bit crazy.
- By Jack Mendoza
- /
- November 26, 2010
Infiltrating the Green Movement: Undercover on the Bandwagon
Fortunately, environmentalism is a double-headed monster and I'm allowed to choose which head I follow: one is the true conservationist which we all must tolerate, and the other is the affluent and bored elitist in need of a conspicuously righteous hobby. The latter is more my speed.
- By Soren Bowie
- /
- November 22, 2010
6 Eerily Specific Inventions Predicted in Science Fiction
Science fiction has had some stunningly accurate premonitions. And we're not talking about broad predictions, here. No, this stuff is impressively accurate.
- By Colin Murdock
- /
- November 19, 2010
5 Ways Stores Use Science to Trick You Into Buying Crap
A big chunk of the world economy runs on human weakness. Peer pressure, vanity, insecurity, the fact that we just cannot resist the sight of melted cheese. There are some other, much weirder scientific principles that factor into what you buy. You might not know about them, but the people selling you things sure as hell do.
- By Paul K Pickett
- /
- November 15, 2010
Viral on Cracked
