'Dark matter's exact nature remains elusive': Knowledge buffs reveal 23 Twilight Zone-worthy things science has no explanation for

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Mar 9, 2024 1:00 PM EST

Science is comforting. For those of us who enjoy having the world around us explained through facts, figures, and proven theories, science is like a warm blanket protecting us from the cold uncertainties. However warm and fuzzy we may feel under that blanket of truth, the downside of science is that with every discovery, 100 new hypotheses pop out. Like when you lift a stone in the backyard and see 20 bugs scuttle back into the earth–you may be able to catch one or two, but some of those creepy crawlies will remain unknown. 

So if you're interested in entering into the dark side of science, the side where there's still no explanation, come along with me into the unknown. Scroll onward to read about a few unsettling truths to which science still has no explanation–venture with me into the Twilight Zone. 

After this, lift your spirits with a positively Middle Earthian meme collection of Lord of the Rings memes that'll tickle your nostalgia bone like Gandalf running over the hill on the first light of the fifth day.

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    What is something, as of yet, science has no explanation for?
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    himanshuk1579 - 9 hr. ago Dark matter composition- Dark matter's exact nature remains elusive to scientific explanation.
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    ShopStewardLocal420 5 hr. ago 5% matter/95% "We don't know but this is how our calculations work" Insanity. What is going on lol 18 Reply Share Serious Plankton 2000 5 hr. ago That's why it's called "dark", unknown. It's dark, too, but it can't block light.
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    moki621 10 hr. ago Consciousness 42.6k Reply Share biggirlballs 9 hr. ago this one always baffles me. like why am i here
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    samanthalogy 10 hr. ago Why people born blind seem to be immune to schizophrenia 3.1k Reply Share Wise_Narwhal__ . 10 hr. ago I know! This completely blows my mind! I hope that with the new advances in computational neuroscience we'll soon have an explanation for that.
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    SmamyParsley · 10 hr. ago One of the things that scientists can't explain is the placebo effect, which makes a patient's health improve despite being given dummy medicines. 1.7k Reply Share redi6 7 hr. ago My car drives better after a car wash
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    queentropical 6 hr. ago · edited 2 hr. ago I heard about gymnasts imagining their routines to perfect a move. I was trying to learn how to dance at the time so I would listen to music and imagine myself being able to do certain moves and being more flexible... it worked!
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    Carpe Cervisia. 10 hr. ago Why sandwiches taste better when made by someone else. 1.8k Reply Share ThatguyIncognito - 10 hr. ago Researchers posit that extended exposure to the sandwich as you make it makes it less alluring.
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    SmamelessMe 9 hr. ago edited 4 hr. ago Big Bang. It's the earliest measurable event in time. Not a theory of origin. What caused it, what happened before it (if anything at all happened before it), are all educated speculations base on currently available information.
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    jimbow70078 hr. ago I mean, when you think about it nothing should exist. The fact that there is anything means at some point there was nothing and then there wasn't nothing. It makes no sense.
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    Noa DaGreat 8 hr. ago edited 2 hr. ago The purpose of dreaming, and the science behind its occurrence. 410 Reply Share suicidal_crayon · 3 hr. ago I've always heard that is the brain trying cope/file away what we experience
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    crumblepops4ever - 8 hr. ago Yawn chain reactions 218 Reply Share soldiersquared. 3 hr. ago Last thing I read was within primate populations where it was thought to be reactions of empathy where the troop would mimic the yawn as a sign of group adhesion.
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    Grandson_of_Odin 10 hr. ago Might have changed now, but apparently, they don't have a specific reason for why we need to sleep.
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    FlowerFaerie13 9 hr. ago Oooh, fun fact! Scientists have recently discovered that sleep is not just a brain thing, because even animals without brains such as sponges sleep. No one knows what the ..... that's about just yet, but I think it's really cool.
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    313flacko 9 hr. ago Deja vu 279 . Reply Share lonely_josh 6 hr. ago Most of my deja vu moments I can tell distinctly are memories usually of dreams. One day I'll have a dream about an odd set of specific events and it just goes into the back of my head then it happens and I go Ohhhhh yea I saw this once.
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    nobody333254 10 hr. ago People driving slowly in the left lane 397 Reply Share whyareyoustaringup. 10 hr. ago It's because they are making a left turn 7 miles down the road...
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    Jealous Intention650 7 hr. ago How you get an even number of socks in the dryer, but an odd number comes out You can't explain that 115 Reply Share .. Photon6626 6 hr. ago What's even worse is when you get one extra
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    OkRickySpinach 10 hr. ago Black holes, what there was before the big bang, quantum physics Reply Share 85 Wise_Narwhal__ 10 hr. ago I think the whole "before the big bang" thing is more philosophical than scientific. I don't believe science will ever have an explanation for that, or at least, no explanation that we could possibly comprehend with our human brains.
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    CapitalGrouchy3166 10 hr. ago how subjective experience arises from the physical processes of the brain. While there are theories and ongoing research, a comprehensive understanding remains elusive.
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    OlderMan429 hr. ago Gravity of an electron 26 Reply Share Itisfinallydone. 9 hr. ago All quarks and leptons (including electrons, and neutrinos) interact with the Higgs field, which gives them mass, therefore gravity.
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    mentalincontinence 8 hr. ago Eternity of time and/or space. The human mind cannot fully comprehend it and science has no way to adequately make it understandable.
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    Fabulous CallsIAnswer 8 hr. ago The noise made when you crack joints. The most commonly accepted theory is that it's the gas bubbles collapsing when they're pulled apart, but it's never been officially proven, nor universally accepted. It's still technically just guessing.
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    Snowtwo 8 hr. ago Scientists still can't explain why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch!
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