Cracked Archive - Science
How Traffic Is Rotting Your Brain
That’s not road rage, it’s air pollution destroying your cognitive functioning
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2 Gym Rats Are Also Incredible Barflies
A new study has found that those who hit the gym love to hit the bottle with the same kind of intensity
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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4 Things Science Has Predicted That We Still Haven’t Discovered
Those scientists in ‘The Last of Us’ cold open were lying... right?
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- By Eli Yudin
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Your Face Is Faker Than a Deepfake
New research indicates that we’re much more apt to perceive deepfakes as real than actual living, breathing human beings
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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Your Jokes Give Away Your Relationship Issues
You’re not laughing, you’re actually crying for help
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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‘Gramsplaining’: Old Ladies Overestimate Their Intelligence As Much As Young Men
A new study says that the only bigger know-it-all than a tech bro is your grandma
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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The Science of Being Completely Full of Sh*t
The world is full of liars, but can some of them not help it?
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- By Mike Rampton
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4 Dumb Thought Experiments That Need to Be Eradicated From the Hivemind
They really make you think about how much you’d rather be talking to something else!
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- By Eli Yudin
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All the Ways Scientists Have Theorized That Jack Could Fit on That Damn Door
Even James Cameron has gotten in on the action, because of course he has
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Seemingly Toxic Things That Are Technically Edible
Turns out your toddler going Joey Chestnut mode on a pile of dirt might be... healthy?
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- By Eli Yudin
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How Your Pet Controls Your Mind
They don’t actually like you, they just know exactly how to make you think that they do
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Ridiculous Superstitions That Science Says Are True
I owe a couple fortune tellers a serious apology
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- By Eli Yudin
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This Is How Much Marriage Physically Hurts
An inability to communicate in romantic relationships won’t just leave you sleeping on the couch — it’s significantly detrimental to your overall health
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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5 Wonder Materials That Ended Up Being Ridiculously Hazardous
Red Bull might not be healthy, but at least it’s not radioactive
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- By Eli Yudin
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You’re Not Stupid, Your Last Name Just Starts With An ‘S’
The ‘I’s don’t necessarily have it, but new research has found that teachers are very much biased toward kids whose surnames reside much earlier in the alphabet
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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