December 2019 Science Articles
- A fresh look at the demise of an ancient human species
- Climate change: 6 positive stories from around the world in 2019
- Nazca lines mystery: Giant birds may help scientists finally solve it
- Did we accidentally allow tardigrades to colonize the Moon?
- Don’t expect a big psychological payoff from the new Star Wars -- study
- Dogs have us on a tight leash, thanks to one adorable trait
- SpaceX's Starship could take humans to Moon within next decade
- Scientists pinpoint a missing ingredient from recipe for life on Earth
- Ancient humans procreated with at least four other species
- Scientists: No, you cannot kill 30 to 50 feral hogs with an automatic rifle
- Study: Naps may actually save your life
- In 2019, a 42-year-old NASA mission gave new insight into our solar system
- An Irish folk medicine can stop antibiotic resistant bacteria
- Scientists reveal what life in space does to your eyes
- How ancient cosmic explosions may have forced humans to walk upright
- Mindful mold? Scientists unveil "blob" that can reason like an animal
- The Quadrantid meteor shower: How to watch 2020's first cosmic light show
- SpaceX reached a momentous milestone in the race to reuse rockets
- When Earth runs on smarter plastics, we'll have teenagers to thank
- Give the gift of privacy settings this year
- Scientists recreated the origins of the universe in a 2x2 inch tube
- Scientists develop a method to predict El Niño’s extreme weather 2x early
- Ariane: Europe's iconic rocket turns 40, the ESA prepares for a new era
- Taking these three steps can help protect the Amazon rainforest
- Scientists trace origin of mysterious molecules to dying stars
- The 11 wildest space photos of 2019
- When talking about climate change, use Greta Thunberg's masterful method
- Should you gift a DNA test? Why it might not be worth the risk
- New gene-edited tomato could mean fresh produce in space
- New method could reveal 'hidden' exoplanets scattered throughout the cosmos
- Ancient lizard dad bones reveal earliest example of good parenting
- Scientists mapped Titan's awe-inspiring terrain for the first time
- Scientists may have answered a decades-old question about ape intelligence
- The dubious benefits of placenta-eating
- Water may once have flowed beneath Mars' surface
- Science confirms: Moms meddle in their children's love lives
- In 2019 China brought live cotton seeds to the Moon -- but none survived
- Scientists discovered a lost continent shoved underneath Europe
- Scientists home in on mysterious alien comets' interstellar origins
- Pigloos help wild pigs thrive in the cold, defying scientists' expectations
- Boeing’s Starliner test flight hits trouble due to built-in clock flaw
- Study reveals bees' brains are much more powerful than we thought
- A meteor bumped into Jupiter, and there’s a video to prove it
- NASA's Mars 2020 Rover is ready to take on the Red Planet
- Scientists uncover the world's oldest fossil forest in New York
- Science explains how a Christmas tree turns into a deadly inferno
- Is it time to give up on real Christmas trees?
- This is the best time to work out to form a habit
- How a 24-year-old mystery was solved by a shark tooth
- Cli-fi: 7 climate change fiction books you won't be able to put down
- Scientists discover what fueled ancient supermassive black holes
- Premier League: A deep mathematical analysis could predict a boring future
- How planning for extreme temperatures builds better, safer cities
- Scientists discover dogs can do math, too
- Ancient psychedelic drugs were found in 1,000-year-old pouch
- CHEOPS: Europe's mission to study far-out planets fails to launch
- For fecal transplants, not all poop is created equal
- Shocking amounts of plastic smother this uninhabited island in the Atlantic
- In praise of Starhopper, SpaceX's little Starship that could
- Great white sharks are most afraid of this liver-eating marine predator
- Chicxulub crater study reveals the terrible end of the dinosaurs
- Being "good at math" is only helpful with one key personality trait
- Scientists detected a metal "anomaly" deep beneath the lunar surface
- Long-lost landscapes, frozen for millennia, exposed by melting Arctic ice
- Climate change is making a social spider more aggressive
- Aussies are tough! But can they survive choking on smog?
- With flowers and songs, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez tells an urgent climate story
- The climate movement is gaining energy because of a new kind of activist
- Tree replanting efforts could do less than we hope
- How cuckolding could be this fish's secret weapon for survival
- Study: The Milky Way is "a bit warped"
- Melting ice puts "Doomsday" seed vault under threat
- Electric eels can power Christmas tree lights -- and science
- Study: Genetic ‘clock’ predicts lifespan in vertebrates
- First map of Mars' winds reveals a more stable climate than Earth's
- 'The Body': The one book every medical biology student should own
- I quit flying for a year. Here's what I learned during my year off.
- Prevailing theories about planet formation are contradicted by new data
- The dawn of speech was millions of years earlier than previously thought
- Inverse Daily: The meaning of life
- Is it safe to tour an active volcano?
- The detection of a strange new particle could help explain dark matter
- The strangest part of a thunderstorm may have finally been explained
- Inverse Daily: Dunking quiets the brain
- Chilean plane goes missing over “roughest water” on the planet
- How to watch the Geminid meteor shower
- Scientists uncover the strange tale of how Enceladus got its stripes
- Inverse Daily: Don’t call the Cybertruck brutal
- The dawn of a new era: How SpaceX upgraded its tech in 2019
- Scientists want to save sick cats from death using feline butt bacteria
- Climate change could cause a popular Christmas activity to vanish
- A recount of every extinct Australian animal species has a crushing result
- Short-sighted Mars colonists could find sex with Earth-based humans lethal
- Who can afford to eat sustainably? It may be too expensive
- People have bizarre ways of dealing with nutria
- 2019 was the year a black hole broke the internet
- Are "dog years" for real? How to calculate a good boy's true age
- Turning back time: Humans can reverse their biological age
- Titan’s terrain is even scarier than we thought
- Cold War-era spies are being recruited to help climate scientists
- The 5 corrupt pillars of climate change denial
- Coffee Rat reminds us what rodents can teach science about caffeine
- Are generic drugs safe? New research raises an alarming concern
- What is a 'stormquake?' The storm-seism combination that shakes the Earth
- WARNING: “Miracle Mineral Solution” is not safe for human consumption
- A starquake and a Stradivarius: Scientists "listen" for the Milky Way's age
- Cosmic Crisp: How to buy the apple that will not go rotten for a year
- This NASA photo of a seal wearing an antenna has a very "deep" explanation
- Inverse Daily: Explaining the modern human face
- Inverse Daily: Smoking weed may heighten the risk of a startling disease
- Astronomers discover a giant planet orbiting around a tiny, dying star
- Scientists report on our first close encounter with the Sun
- A beloved animal almost driven to extinction is making a comeback
- Scientists discover most massive black hole in the local universe
- An 18,000-year-old puppy could reveal when wolves became dogs
- Space-wrecked: How we’ve turned the Moon into a junk yard
- Inverse Daily: How stress changes the brain
- Why we are discovering more "lost continents" on Earth
- To feed the world in 2050 we need to build the plants that evolution didn’t
- Keeping cats indoors: How to ensure your cat is happy, according to science
