August 2018 Science Articles
- Study Shows Mood-Enhancing Effects in Depressed Teens Helping Other Teens
- 61-Year-Old Man Fights Cape Cod Shark in Unconventional but Effective Way
- A Tiny Meteor Caused an Air Leak on the Massive International Space Station
- Grizzly Bears Spared From Government-Authorized Hunt for at Least 14 Days
- Why This Long Labor Day Weekend Isn't Enough for Your Tired Brain
- The Internet Is Worried That Pumpkin Spice Is Causing Constipation
- Population Control Is the Climate Change Fix Nobody Wants to Talk About
- This Is Why Colombian Coffee Farmers Can No Longer Rely on Routine Farming
- This Is Why Yellowstone's Ecosystem May Not Recover if Wildfires Strike
- How a New Era of Astronomy Is Unearthing Clues About the Cosmos
- The Science of Why "Dog-Directed Speech" Works When Talking to Your Pup
- Crops Already Ravaged by Climate Change Face a New Threat: Hungrier Bugs
- A Single Dose of CBD Reset the Brains of People at High Risk of Psychosis
- Xenomorph-Like Parasitoid Remained Hidden in Fly Egg for Millions of Years
- Europe’s Worsening Drought Reveals Ominous Message in Czech ‘Hunger Stones’
- Humans Might Be to Blame for Lonely, Horny Dolphin's Unwanted Advances
- This Is Why the Weather Forecast Will Never Be 100 Percent Accurate
- California Earthquake Expert Gives Advice for Dealing With Follow-Up Shocks
- Los Angeles M4.4 Quake: Expert Shares Advice In Advance of Follow-Up Quake
- Goats Reveal Uncanny Ability to Read Human Emotions in New Study
- Thousands of Bees Descending on NYC's Times Square Reveal a Tumultuous Hive
- This Is Probably Why Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others
- Republicans Experience "Backfire Effect" in Study on Exposure to Opposite Views
- Poop-Eating Animals Show a Bizarre Social Upside to Coprophagy
- Study Finds Marijuana Stays in Breast Milk for Longer Than Some May Think
- Sorry, Dieters: Rat Study Shows That Sucralose Breaks Down in the Body
- Hornets Turned This Classic Car Into a Nightmare in Viral Video
- Hangovers Last Longer Than You Think, Finds Study in Journal 'Addiction'
- This Is Why You Can Smell Rain Before a Drop Falls
- A Volcanic Eruption Blew Away the Ozone Layer in the End-Permian Extinction
- NASA Map Reveals How This Week’s Natural Disasters Affect Aerosol Velocity
- A New Clue About Humanity's Last Common Ancestor With Apes Is Revealed
- What Makes Some Species More Vulnerable to Extinction Than Others?
- "Problematic" Porn Behavior Linked to Religiosity in Psychology Study
- Sturgeon Moon Will Share the Sky With Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter
- This High School Senior Is Taking Teen STEM Recruitment Into Her Own Hands
- A Rare, "Flesh-Eating" STD Is Resurfacing in England
- Here's Why the Guy in That Viral Reddit Video Passed Out From Tickling
- Neighborhoods Need More Than Parks and Bike Paths to Be Sustainable
- Doctors Discovered That Baby Poop Is a Medical Gold Mine
- Russian Bots and Trolls Linked to Spread of Anti-Vaxx Sentiment in the US
- Helium Gas Is Running Out, Which Is Bad News for More Than Balloons
- A New Chemical Weapon Antidote May Save Lives From Nerve Agent Poisoning
- AG Sessions Blames Worsening Opioid Crisis on Chinese Fentanyl and Dark Web
- Crows Don't Even Need Instructions to Build Tools Anymore
- Ancient Fossil of Happy Shell-Free Turtle Solves an Evolutionary Mystery
- Cowboys' Frederick Has Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Which Could Cause Paralysis
- Maps of Hawaii’s Hurricane Lane Show How Close It Will Come to Kilauea Volcano
- Why LSD and MDMA Drugs Are Making a Comeback for Science
- NASA's Swift Telescope Reveals 1 Million Snapshots of the Universe in UV
- Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Fight Mosquito-Borne Diseases — Here's How
- Hurricane Lane Images From Space Show Cat 4 Storm Barreling Toward Hawaii
- Teamwork in Ant Societies Puts Human Governance to Shame in New Study
- 'To All the Boys I Loved Before's Peter Kavinsky Is a Gut Health Poster Boy
- Bones of Love Child From Two Different Hominin Species Discovered in Cave
- The US Isn't Ready for the Next Influenza Outbreak, Pandemic Scholars Say
- Mathematical Model Used to Explain Why Only Men Start Wars
- 'Survival of the Laziest' Gains Support as a Strong Evolutionary Strategy
- The Complex Relationship Between Wildfires and Global Warming, Explained
- The Science of Why Post Malone's Plane Had to Circle Before Emergency Landing
- Doctors Are Completely Perplexed by America's Synthetic Cannabinoid Problem
- It's NASA Official: The Moon Has Water Ice Deposits in Its Frozen Craters
- NASA Reveals That 2017 Solar Eclipse Created Mars-Like Conditions on Earth
- Bodies in 5,000-Year-Old Kenyan Cemetery Reveal Ancient Egalitarian Society
- Vaping Introduces DNA-Damaging Chemicals Into Mouth Cells in New Study
- Where Does All the Microplastic Trash in the Great Lakes Go?
- NASA Map Shows How Much of America Is on Fire Right Now
- Ancestor of All Cellular Life on Earth Appeared Way Earlier Than We Thought
- The Solar Eclipse of 2017 Had a Significant Effect on America's Drug Use
- Lockheed Martin Unveils Image of the “RV in Space” It Wants to Build for NASA
- Discovery of Missing Stern From WWII Destroyer Reveals a Forgotten US Grave
- Are Humans Responsible for Turning Big Wolfos Into Lil Doggos?
- This Fearless 17-Year-Old Is America's Best Bet for Making It to Mars
- America's Waterways Have a Huge Problem With Contact Lenses
- NASA's Mars Opportunity Rover Might Be Gone for Good — Here's Why
- The $11 Billion California Almond Economy Relies on Honey Bees to Thrive
- Inverse Is Going to SXSW, but We Need Your Help!
- Ultra-Hot Jupiter Sets Fire to Everything We Thought We Knew About Exoplanets
- One of the Largest Aquifers in the World Is Disappearing Because of Farmers
- Neuroscience Study Reveals There May Be an Off-Switch to Stop Brain Seizures
- Jar of Ancient White Stuff Found in Egyptian Tomb Finally Identified
- "Serendipitous Discovery" Reveals Some of the Universe's Oldest Galaxies
- 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
- "Sarawak Law": Follow Alfred Russel Wallace's 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
- Some Coastal Cities Must Prepare for Tsunamis by 2060, Scientists Warn
- Loyal Sports Fans Illustrate an Ancient Human Instinct, Says Psychologist
- India's Answer to the Parker Solar Probe Is Hot on NASA's Heels
- Viral Nightmare-Eating Pufferfish Is Just Doing What It Does Best: Killing
- Study of Brain Structures Explains Why Elephants Are So Dang Smart
- 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
- Controversial Theory Suggests Laziness Drove Ancient Humans to Extinction
- Whether You’re Right- or Left-Handed Has Nothing to Do With Your Brain
- Yes Is This Present Sun
- The Mystery of Jupiter’s Swirling Colors Is Finally Solved, Scientists Say
- Dr. Eugene Parker Reacts to the Launch of His Namesake, the Parker Solar Probe
- NASA Explains the Glitch That Stopped the Parker Solar Probe Launch
- Boxers or Briefs? Study on Sperm Counts Determines the Healthiest Choice
- What Weed Does to Your Brain
- Physicists Ignite Beef Over What Happens When You Fall Into a Black Hole
- Cocaine Addiction Can Be Conquered by a Completely Natural High
- Retired NFL and NHL Players' Brains Show Counterintuitive Results in New Study
- Nobody Can Figure Out How the First Americans Migrated Across the Continent
- Why Do Cat Owners Sometimes Purr at Their Feline Friends?
- Cell Phone Use and Blindness Linked by "Toxic" Oxygen in New Study
- Spooky UFO-Like Holes in Australian Clouds Explained by "Supercooling"
- Beyoncé's FUPA Is Actually Called a Panniculus and Is "Completely Normal"
- Leprosy Is Spreading From Armadillo-to-Human Contact
- Evolution Study Shows Why Feeling Proud Is Key to Human Survival
- Past the "Alfvén Point," the Parker Solar Probe Officially Touches the Sun
- Ouija Board Experiment Shows How Ghostly Messages Are Written by the Brain
- 73 Years Later, the "A-Bomb" Ginkgo Trees Still Grow in Hiroshima
- An Inconvenient Panel: The Climate Change Is Very Real, the "Al Gore" Is Not
- Little Dogs Play a Visual Trick While Peeing to Manipulate Your Perception
- Food of the Dystopia: Beyond Bugs and Beans
- The Perseids Meteor Shower Should Be Super Impressive Beginning August 11
- Ancient Mud Reveals an Explanation for Sudden Collapse of the Mayan Empire
- Watch Meteoroids Strike the Moon's Surface in Awesome MIDAS Footage
- NASA’s Kepler Telescope Might Not Be Doomed… For Now
- Hurricane Hector Could Worsen Problems With Kilauea Volcano, Officials Say
- Indonesia Earthquake: Tsunami Warning Lifted, But Officials Fear More Casualties
- NASA Unveils Its Dream Team of Astronauts for the First Commercial Flight
- Sorry, Arachnophobes: Terrifying New Study Shows Spiders Can Now Fly
- A High School Senior Casually Reverse-Engineered eBay in a Hackathon
- Science Explains Why Paper Cuts Hurt So Damn Much
- A Veterinarian Explains the Logic of the Dog Years Equation for Pets
- New Marijuana Beer Contains a "Decelerant" That Scientists Can't Figure Out
- Scientists Discover a Giant Rogue Planet Bumbling Around Space
- Ancient 'Hobbit' Study Reveals an Island That Forced Humans to Shrink Twice
- Mensa’s Annual Gathering Marred by Allegations of Harassment and Drugged Wine
- Ketchup Packets Become the New Straws as Scientists Battle Plastic Waste
- Ancient Cremated Bodies Reveal Who Was Allowed to Be Buried at Stonehenge
- 'Pathetic' Fields Medal Theft Wasn't Worth the Scam, Says Art Crime Expert
- Scientists Figured Out How to Use London's Huge Fatbergs for Good
- 4 Legitimate Scientific Contributions From Trump's Science Advisor Nominee
- Psychologists Find That Women Probably Don’t Want to Eat Babies
- Boy Who Grew Up Missing a Chunk of His Brain Shows Incredible Plasticity
- 'Puppeteer Fungus' Forces Flies Into a Creepy Sunset Death Ritual
- NASA Is Set to Launch the Parker Solar Probe to “Touch the Sun” Next Week
- UV Radiation Study Narrows Down List of Exoplanets That Could Support Life
- Rare Diamonds Traced Back to an Even Rarer Element From the Center of the Earth
- Powerful X-Rays Appear to Reveal the Fossil Record's Most Ancient Bone
- Ancient Blue Crystals Trapped in Meteorite Reveal the Sun's Violent Past
