August 2018 Science Articles
- Why Teens Helping Teens May Combat High-Risk Depression, Says Psychologist
- 61-Year-Old Man Fights Cape Cod Shark in Unconventional but Effective Way
- Astronauts Fix 'Micrometeroid' Hole on International Space Station
- Grizzly Bears Spared From Government-Authorized Hunt for at Least 14 Days
- Labor Day Weekend Doesn't Really Let Your Brain Recuperate, Science Explain
- Does Pumpkin Spice Cause Constipation? Science and Memes Explain the Link
- Climate Change: IPCC Needs to Take Population Control Seriously
- Why Colombia's Coffee Industry Must Change Farming Techniques to Survive
- Why Yellowstone Ecosystem May Not Recover if Wildfires Strike
- How Multimessenger Astronomy Is Unearthing Clues to the Cosmos
- Why Talking to Your Dog Using "Baby Voice" Works, According to Science
- Climate Change Will Make Insects Hungrier, Threatening Dwindling Crops
- Study Shows CBD Normalizes Brains of People at High-Risk of Psychosis
- Xenomorph-Like Parasitoid Remained Hidden in Fly Egg for Millions of Years
- 'Hunger Stones': Europe Drought Reveals Ominous Message in Czech Republic
- Horny Dolphin's Unwanted Advances Prompt Swimming Ban on French Beach
- Weather Forecasts Will Never Be 100% Accurate for This Scientific Reason
- Los Angeles M4.4 Quake: Expert Explains What to Do if Aftershocks Occur
- Los Angeles M4.4 Quake: Expert Shares Advice In Advance of Follow-Up Quake
- Study: Goats Can Tell Happy From Angry Human Faces, and They Prefer One
- Times Square Bees: Massive Swarm Suggests Overcrowded, Overheated Hive
- Why Do Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others?
- Republicans See "Backfire Effect" in Study on Exposure to Opposite Views
- Naked Mole Rat: This Colony Rodent Shows a Bizarre Benefit to Poop-Eating
- How Long Does Marijuana Stay in Breast Milk? Study Finds It's 6 Days
- Sorry, Splenda Lovers: Study Shows Sucralose Breaks Down in Rats' Bodies
- Hornets Turned a Classic El Camino Into a Nightmare in Viral Video
- Hangovers Last Longer Than You Think, Finds Study in Journal 'Addiction'
- Why Can You Smell Rain Before It Storms?
- A Volcano Depleted the Ozone in the End-Permian Extinction, Study Shows
- NASA Map Reveals How This Week’s Natural Disasters Affect Aerosol Velocity
- Humanity's Last Common Ancestor With Apes: A New Clue Is Revealed
- Why Do Some Animals Go Extinct Instead of Evolving?
- Religious People Feel Bad About Watching Porn, Behavior Study Finds
- Sturgeon Moon: How to Catch Mercury, Mars, Saturn and More in One Night
- This Teenage STEM Advocate Is Bringing Other Girls Into a Bright Future
- A Rare, "Flesh-Eating" STD Is Resurfacing in England
- Here's Why the Guy in That Viral Reddit Video Passed Out From Tickling
- Gentrified Neighborhoods Need More Than Parks and Bike Paths to Be Green
- A Probiotic Cocktail Made From Baby Poo Could Help Improve Gut Health
- Russian Bots and Trolls Linked to Spread of Anti-Vaxx Sentiment in the US
- What Is Helium Used for Other Than Balloons? Scientists Weigh in on the Gas
- How New Chemical Weapon Antidote May Save More Lives From Brain Damage
- Opioid Crisis: AG Sessions Blames Chinese Fentanyl and Dark Web
- Crows Don't Even Need Instructions to Build Tools Anymore
- Ancient Fossil of Turtle Without a Shell Found in China Solves Old Debate
- Cowboys' Travis Frederick: What Is Guillain-Barré Syndrome?
- Maps of Hawaii’s Hurricane Lane Show How Close It Will Come to Kilauea
- LSD and MDMA Drugs Are Making a Comeback for Science
- NASA Swift Telescope's Million-Photo Milestone Reveals New Data About Space
- Mosquito-Borne Zika May Be Controlled With Genetically Modified Insects
- Hurricane Lane: NASA Images Show How Big a Category 5 Storm Is From Space
- Cooperation Arises Naturally in Successful Ant Societies, Study Shows
- 'To All the Boys I Loved Before': Peter Kavinsky Is a Gut Health Poster Boy
- Neanderthal Hybrid: Bones Reveal Ancient Coupling With a Different Species
- The Next Flu Pandemic Is Coming — and the US May Not Be Prepared
- Why Do More Men Fight in Wars Than Women? Study Finds Chance Plays a Part
- "Survival of the Laziest" Is a Good Evolutionary Strategy for Some Species
- Wildfires and Climate Change: The Complex Relationship, Explained
- Post Malone's Emergency Landing: Science Explains the Circling Plane
- Doctors Are Completely Perplexed by America's K2, Spice Problem
- It's NASA Official: The Moon Has Water Ice Deposits in Its Frozen Craters
- NASA Reveals How 2017 Eclipse Helped Agency Prep for Mars Missions
- Lothagam North: 5,000-Year-Old Kenyan Cemetery Reveals Egalitarian Society
- E-Cigarettes Produce Chemicals That Damage DNA, Vaping Study Shows
- Microplastic Pollution: Where Does All the Trash in the Great Lakes Go?
- NASA Map Shows How Much of America Is on Fire Right Now
- LUCA: Last Universal Common Ancestor of All Life Emerged 3.9B Years Ago
- Sewage Testing Shows the Solar Eclipse of 2017 Had a Big Effect on Drug Use
- Lockheed Martin Unveils Image of the “RV in Space” It's Developing for NASA
- Abner Read: Discovery of Ship's Stern in Alaska Reveals a Lost WWII Grave
- Science Says Humans Are Responsible for Making Dogs Anti-Social
- 17-Year-Old Alyssa Carson Is America's Best Bet for Making It to Mars
- Contact Lenses Are Contributing to Microplastic Pollution, New Study Warns
- NASA's Mars Opportunity Rover Might Be Gone for Good — Here's Why
- Why Bees Are Vital for California Almonds, According to an Economist
- Inverse Is Going to SXSW, but We Need Your Help!
- Ultra-Hot Jupiter Is Melting Away Scientific Theories About Exoplanets
- Why Farmers Are Depleting One of the Largest Aquifers in the World
- Neuroscience Study Reveals There May Be an Off-Switch for Brain Seizures
- Oldest Cheese on Earth Found in Ancient Egyptian Tomb of Ptahhmes
- Oldest Galaxies in Universe Are Floating Just Outside Milky Way
- NASA Tweets Celestial Tribute to Aretha Franklin and Her Influence in Space
- Muppets in Space? NASA’s High-Res Image of Mars Comes With Pareidolia
- Anti-Vaxxers Worried About Autism Should Be More Concerned About DDT
- Who Is Alfred Russel Wallace? Follow His Footsteps to Borneo's Jungle
- A Powerful Psychedelic Drug Gave Users a Taste of a Near-Death Experience
- Chemical Analysis Reveals the Millenia-Old Recipe for How to Make a Mummy
- Asia's Coastal Cities Must Prepare for Tsunamis by 2060, Scientists Warn
- Loyal Sports Fans Illustrate an Ancient Human Instinct, Says Psychologist
- Nature Designed Viral Nightmare-Eating Fahaka Pufferfish to Kill
- ISRO's Aditya-L1 Is India's Answer to NASA's Parker Solar Probe
- Neuroscience Explains Why Elephants Are So Dang Smart: 12-Pound Brains
- NASA on Sleeping Mars Opportunity Rover: "We Still Haven't Heard From It"
- Now We Understand How Marijuana Makes Inflammatory Bowel Disease Bearable
- Easter Island: A Popular Theory About Its Ancient People Might Be Wrong
- Laziness Led to Homo Erectus Extinction, Controversial Theory Claims
- Left-Hander's Day: Handedness Has Nothing to Do With Brain Type
- The Journey of NASA's Parker Solar Space Probe, in Verse
- Jupiter's Colors: Scientists Offer New Explanation for Mysterious Patterns
- Parker Solar Probe: Dr. Eugene Parker Reacts to Launch That Bears His Name
- Parker Solar Probe: NASA Explains the Glitch That Stopped the Launch
- Boxers or Briefs? Study on Sperm Counts Determines the Healthiest Choice
- What Weed Actually Does to Your Brain: Here's What fMRI Scans Show
- Astrophysicists Lock Horns Over Solution to 'Black Hole Paradox'
- Cocaine Addiction Could Be Treated With Exercise, Scientists Explain
- Retired NFL Players' Brains Show Counterintuitive Results in New CTE Study
- Humans Migrated to the Americas Along Multiple Routes, Scientists Argue
- Why People Purr at Their Cats, According to a New Study
- Blue Light From Cell Phone Use and Macular Degeneration Linked in New Study
- Spooky UFO-Like "Portal" in Brisbane Clouds Explained by Supercooling
- Beyoncé's FUPA Is Actually Called a Panniculus and Is "Completely Normal"
- Armadillos and Leprosy: How Hansen's Disease Spreads to Humans
- Humans Evolved to Feel Proud Because Pride Helps You Succeed, Says Study
- The Parker Solar Probe Will Make History Past the Mysterious "Alfven Point"
- How Do Ouija Boards Work? Scientists Point to Brain's Ability to Predict
- Hiroshima A-Bomb: Ginkgo Trees That Survived the Blast Still Grow
- SXSW 2019: This Panel's Al Gore Is Fake, but the Climate Science Is So Real
- Little Dogs Pee Ballerina-Style in Attempt to Trick Big Dogs, Study Shows
- Dystopian Food: Beyond Bugs and Beans for 2019's SXSW PanelPicker Proposal
- Perseids Meteor Shower: How to Watch the Breathtaking Event on August 11
- Ancient Mud Reveals an Explanation for Sudden Collapse of the Mayan Empire
- Watch Rogue Meteoroids Pummel the Moon's Surface in Mesmerizing Video
- NASA’s Kepler Telescope Might Not Be Doomed… For Now
- Kilauea Volcano: Hurricane Hector Could Complicate Things, Officials Warn
- Indonesia Earthquake: Tsunami Warning Lifted, But Officials Fear Casualties
- NASA Unveils Its Dream Team of Astronauts for the First Commercial Flight
- Spiders Can Now Fly, Terrifying New Study Shows
- A High School Senior Casually Reverse-Engineered eBay in a Hackathon
- Why Do Paper Cuts Hurt So Much? Science Explains
- Dog Years: A Veterinarian Explains How Old Your Pet Really Is
- Canadian Marijuana Beer Claims to Contain a Chemical "Decelerant"
- Giant Rogue Planet Discovered Bumbling Around Space
- Ancient 'Hobbit' Study Reveals an Island That Forced Humans to Shrink Twice
- Annual Mensa Gathering Marred by Allegations of Harassment and Drugged Wine
- Ketchup Packets Become the New Straws as Scientists Battle Plastic Waste
- Who Was Buried in Stonehenge? Cremation Analysis Reveals Answers
- Is It Worth It to Steal the Fields Medal? An Art Crime Expert Weighs In
- London's Fatbergs Can Be Converted to Methane Fuel With New Chemcial Method
- Kelvin Droegemeier: 4 Contributions to Science From Trump's Nominee
- There's a Reason Women Are Less Likely to Eat Meat From Baby Animals
- Boy Who Grew Up Missing a Chunk of His Brain Shows Incredible Plasticity
- 'Puppeteer Fungus' Forces Flies Into a Creepy Sunset Death Ritual
- Parker Solar Probe: NASA Is Set to Launch a Spacecraft to “Touch the Sun”
- "Our imagination is limited by what we know about,"
- Why Are Blue Diamonds Blue? Scientists Provide an Oceanic Plates Theory
- X-Rays Appear to Reveal the Fossil Record's Most Ancient Bone
- Ancient Blue Crystals Trapped in Meteorite Reveal the Sun's Violent Past
