December 2018 Science Articles
- Unprecedented China Moon Landing Rivals Ultima Thule for Biggest NYE Event
- NASA's New Year's Eve Party for Ultima Thule Requires Mattresses and a Tent
- The Sound of Your New Year's Eve Champagne Can Reveal How Good It Is
- The 25 Most "WTF" Science Stories of 2018
- Climate Change Has an Unexpected Impact on Mental Health
- Not Aliens: How an 'Arc Flash' Turned the New York City Sky Electric Blue
- Government Shutdown Bumps Live Stream of 2019's Most Important Space Event
- After 67 Years of Protection, Japan's Whales Suddenly Face a Fatal Threat
- Octopuses High on MDMA Gave Eight-Armed Hugs
- Scientists Are Mapping Sound to Protect the Environment From Climate Change
- The 25 Most Surprising Human Discoveries Made in 2018
- Russia's New Hypersonic Glider Allegedly "Invulnerable" to Missile Defense
- Anak Krakatau Experts "Anticipate a Further Escalation" After First Tsunami
- Scientists Are Trying to Change the Weather in Idaho to Save the World
- Science Explains How to Make the Perfect Melt in Your Mouth Chocolate
- An Ancient Mummy Mistaken for a Hawk Was Actually a Human Baby
- Why There Could Be Snow on Mars This Christmas
- 'Tis the Season for Conception
- NASA Probe Spots a Mystery en Route to the Outer Solar System
- Don't Let Your Pet Get Accidentally Drunk This Christmas
- Why "Topophilia" Is at an All-Time High Every Christmas
- Russia and China Teaming Up to Heat the Atmosphere Is "Not That Exciting"
- A 5-Foot Tapeworm Grew Inside a Man Because He Ate Too Much Raw Salmon
- Why You're More Likely to Get Food Poisoning Around the Holidays
- A Teenager's New App Reduces Awkward Bathroom Conversations and Promotes Health
- A Woman Died From Unsafe and Inadvisable Bee Acupuncture Treatment
- Winter Solstice: How Indigenous Peoples Honor the Return of the Sun
- Pulmonary Lobectomy: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Surgery, Explained
- DNA Twisted Into a Never-Before-Seen Shape in a Living Cell
- Unusual Winter Solstice Ushers in a Cold Moon and "Cursed Ursid" Meteors
- The Mystery of Wombats' Cube-Shaped Poop Has Finally Been Solved
- Dash Cam Video Shows a Rare "Noctilucent" Meteor Cloud Over California
- Video Shows Innovative "Brain Needle" With a Surprise Feature
- Ancient White Stuff in Egyptian Tomb Turned Out to Be Something Delicious
- Cargo Ships Are the World's Biggest Polluters — but No One Wants to Fix It
- Infertility Isn't the Only Problem for Men With Low Sperm Counts, Study Says
- Marijuana's "Bliss Molecule" Changes the Genetic Profile of Sperm Cells
- In Hunt for Planet X, a Pink Orb Becomes the Farthest Object Ever Spotted
- World's Wasted Plastic Could Stretch Between Earth and the Moon 5,790 Times
- Living Neanderthal Descendents Have Ancient Sex to Thank for Their Existence
- Video Reveals How Rapidly Saturn's Most Iconic Feature Is Vanishing
- Mona Lisa's Enigmatic Smile Explained by a Common Medical Condition
- Cute Hell-Animal Throws a Huge Wrench in Debate Over Dinosaur Feathers
- NASA Video on the Death of Our Sun Will Cure Your Holiday-Fueled Existential Dread
- Best Friends Really Do Share Brain Waves, Say Scientists
- Physicists Are Mostly Cool With the 'Into the Spider-Verse' Multiverse
- Woolly Monkeys Are at Risk of Extinction — How Scientists Plan to Save Them
- The Kilogram Is Dead, Long Live the Kilogram
- Fake vs. Real: Which Christmas Tree Is Better for the Environment?
- Science Explains Why Dogs Live Shorter Lives Than Humans
- High School Senior's Genius Plan to Grow Space Broccoli Made It to the ISS
- Giant Hogweed Burned the Heck Out of Americans This Year
- Stunning Time-Lapse of Comet 46P Previews Its Gorgeous Green Peak on Sunday
- Teens Started Snorting Condoms and Doctors Got Mad
- Booze Study Shatters the Myth of Healthy Moderate Drinking
- The Renewable Energy Company You Should Know About
- New Images Show the Mars InSight Lander With an Alien Green Glow
- How This Forensic Scientist Used Blow Flies to Overturn a Murder Conviction
- Physics Explains How to Build a Time Machine Using This Simple Construction
- Scientists Discover a Neural Link Between Depression and Insomnia
- Parker Solar Probe Snaps Hellscape Photo From Inside the Sun's Corona
- NASA Is Working Out "Visit Details" After Steph Curry Admits Moon Landing Gaffe
- Why Tonight's Geminid Meteor Shower May Be the Best One Ever
- Genes and Skull Analysis Reveal the Keys to Our Unique Modern Brains
- A Massive Underground World Houses "Ancient Cousins We Never Knew Existed"
- The Best Time to Catch the "Christmas Comet" Light Up December's Night Sky
- CDC Announces the Drug Responsible for the Most Overdose Deaths in the US
- 1 in 3 Americans Should Brace for Trump's "Crystal Clear Water" Plan
- "White Mars" Residents Give a Terrifying Glimpse of Life on the Red Planet
- 'Paris to Pittsburgh' Is a Visual Testament to Horror and Hope
- Study Suggests 'Game of Thrones' Survivors Have 3 Traits in Common
- Here's an Ear Growing on an Arm, Thanks to the US Army
- Ex-Government Scientist Published Damning Report on Department of Interior
- Steph Curry Called Out by Educators for Spreading Moon Landing Conspiracy
- Hypnotic Slow-Motion Video Shows How Scientists Made Lava Explode in a Lab
- These Sheets Use Science to Fix the Grossest Part of Laying in Bed
- Astronaut's Video of Rocket Launch From Space Showed Only Start of Journey
- NASA Knew About Water on Bennu for a Month but Only Told Us About It Now
- An Oklahoma High Schooler Changed the Rules of Organic Chemistry
- Why You Shouldn't Freak About Designer Babies Just Yet, Says Epidemiologist
- Voyager 2 Is Officially the 2nd Human-Made Object to Exit Our Solar System
- Catnip Isn't Just for Cats: It Can Help Make Human Drugs, Too
- Science Explains What Happens When Facial Recognition Is Used on Birds
- Why Climate Change May Soon Make Seaweed No Longer Safe to Eat
- Tennessee Teen Sent a Box of Human Teeth to the ISS on a SpaceX Rocket
- NASA Time-Lapse Shows a Huge Sea Rapidly Vanishing Over the Past 50 Years
- Some Common Traits Make People More Vulnerable to Believing Fake News
- Human Mini-Brains Implanted in Mice Integrated With Their Animal Hosts
- Scientists May Have Halted Blindness Caused by This Rare Genetic Disease
- Doctors Explain How That Viral Image of a Lung-Shaped Blood Clot Happened
- Liverwort Can Get You High Almost Like Weed, Say Super Chill Scientists
- Human Babies and Chimps Have Something in Common Their Parents Don't Share
- Study Reveals Surprising Reason Why Male Gorillas Bond With Infants
- Melting South American Glaciers Could Leave Locals High and Dry
- The CDC's Simple Go-To Strategy for Curbing Opioid Use May Backfire
- An Enormous Swarm of Starlings Eclipsed the Sky Over Rome
- Greenland Ice Sheet Hits Highest Melting Rates in 350 Years
- SETI Evidence Disproves Harvard Theory That 'Oumuamua Is an Alien Probe
- Climate Clock: How Long Until Earth Warms to 1.5 Degrees Celsius?
- There Are 4 Personality Types, Scientist Claim in Controversial Study
- When Mice Came Back From Space, Their Immune Systems Had Changed
- We Saw What You Squid: Aquarium Roasts Apple for Upside-Down Squid Emoji
- 5,000-Year-Old Strain of the Plague Hints at Ancient Origin of Human Killer
- Baby Formula Makers Blamed for 500% Increase in Common Illness
- The Desire to Crush Cute Things Is Natural — and May Even Be Useful
- Misidentified Ancient Ritual Burial Sites Turned Out to Be Hominin Buffets
- The "Sounds" of Cave Paintings Were the Origin of Human Language
- Lonesome George's Dynamic DNA Reveals the Secrets of His Longevity
- Here’s What Comes Next for NASA's OSIRIS-REx Now That It's Reached Bennu
- Our Ancestors Hooked Up With Multiple Species of Ancient Humans
- Eating Grass Got Kangaroos So High on DMT They Couldn't Walk Straight
- China's Promise to Crack Down on US-Bound Fentanyl Called Into Question
- Why These Changes in Winter Climate May Indicate More Damage to Come
- Your Favorite Seafoods Are Absorbing Nanoplastics Alarmingly Quickly
- NASA's Historic Journey to Bennu Is All for One Unprecedented Sample
- Science Explains How to Know if You're Dating a Psychopath
- This 22-Year-Old Texan Is the Science Communicator We've Been Waiting for
- Why Farmlands Are in Danger of Becoming Too Salty for Their Own Good
- Viral Fat Macaque, "Uncle Fat," Is Actually Much Better Off Now
- How Millions of Parasite-Ridden Mosquitos Raised by Robots Can Fight Zika
- Researchers Headed to the World's Largest Sinkhole aka Mayan Gates of Hell
