February 2018 Science Articles
- Study Shows NRA Conventions Linked to Shift in Firearm Injuries
- NASA Image Captures Saturn's B Ring Ice Peaks in Stunning Detail
- 'Annihilation' Theorizes What Happens When the Planet Gets Cancer
- M. Shonaicus, New Tardigrade Species, Isn't as Cute as the "Water Bear"
- LSD Causes Brain Connectome to Reorganize in New Psychedelic Study
- What Sound Does a Caterpillar Make? Scientists Just Found Out
- The Science of Why Barbara Streisand Can Clone Her Dog Samantha
- James Gunn Is Wrong: Baby Groot Is Not Groot's Son, He's a Clone
- Is 'Black Panther Really Responsible for Increased Black Cat Adoptions?
- What are Hox Genes? The Real Science Used in 'Annihilation'
- New Hubble Data Shows "New Physics" At Work in Space
- Sleep Science: Why Can't You Read In Dreams?
- Ancient Vanuatu Language Lives On, 3,000 Years After First Settlers Vanish
- Why Hurricanes Form in Saturn's Hexagon Storm, Explained
- Climate Change: Why Norway's Seed Vault is Getting a $13 Million Upgrade
- Life on Mars? Chances Just Jumped Up After Desert Bacteria Reveal
- Is Europe Colder Than the North Pole? Scientists Are Starting to Worry
- Roots of Universal Communication System Revealed in Great Ape Study
- Flu Virus Has Unexpected Effects on Memory in Mouse Brains
- Optimal Levels of Anxiety Help Improve Memory Formation
- Scientists Were Wrong About the Size of the Andromeda Galaxy
- Climate Change: Why the Beech Tree Boom is Bad for Cool Forests
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Will Make King Penguins Disappear
- Teen Sexting Study Reveals Disturbing Trend of Violating Consent
- What is a Widow-Maker? Kevin Smith's Scary Symptoms Land Him in the ER
- Jupiter Looks Like the Dankest Lava Lamp in New Time-Lapse Video
- Video: Watch a Tornado Rip Through A School Gym
- Video: Mount Sinabung's Eruption Sends Ash 55,000 Feet Into Sky
- People Still Can't Tell if This Font for Dyslexia Helps Anyone
- Starlings Obscure Sky Over Rome in Dystopic Viral Photo
- The Science Behind the Viral Black Dot Hermann Grid Optical Illusion
- Aurora-Tracking Satellites Get Extra Help to Study Space Weather
- CPAC: Rick Perry Says Innovation Will Drive Oil Production
- ESA Satellite Images Reveal Shrinking Bering Strait Sea Ice
- Michio Kaku Reveals Why Aliens May Come in Peace This Century
- Why Americans Buy Guns After Mass Shootings, According to Psychology
- NASA Photos Reveal How the Martian Surface Has Changed in Just 10 Years
- Are Students Too Young To Discuss Gun Reform? Wisdom Study Says No
- No-Nonsense Scientists Clear up Confusion About Marijuana's Effects
- What Is Graves’ Disease? Why Wendy Williams Needs a Hiatus to Recover
- Przewalski's Horses, Long Considered Wild, Are Actually Domesticated Too
- Neanderthal Cave Art Proves Humans Aren't the Only Artistic Species
- 5 Powerful Science Documentaries on Netflix in March 2018
- In DNA Analysis of Ancient Europe, Stonehenge's Creators Vanish
- Earthquake Swarms Are Shocking the Supervolcano in Yellowstone
- Human Language Has Its Origin in Cave Paintings, Linguists Argue
- Winter Olympics 2018: Lyrical Music Changes Figure Skater Psychology
- Blue Glaciers Get Their Otherworldly Color From Great Density
- Winter Olympics 2018: Most Statistically Dangerous Sports, Ranked
- Perfectionists Suffer Real Pain, but Self-Compassion is Key to Recovery
- Human Brain Size Grew 200 Percent in 3 Million Years
- Bring Space to You With This AR Planetarium
- Astronomer Accidentally Took a Picture of Supernova and Made History
- New NASA Maps Show How Rapidly Antarctica Is Melting Away
- NIMH Scientists Set the Record Straight About Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Genome Sequencing Reveals Columbus Didn't Wipe Out Caribbean Islanders
- Astronomers Accidentally Detect an Extremely Rare Supernova
- Mount Sinabung Eruption: The Science Behind This Natural Wonder
- Ancient Swedes Mounted Human Heads on Stakes, Say Archeologists
- Doctors Watched 'Grey's Anatomy' and Found Inaccurate Portrayals of ER Care
- Humans Are More Excited About Aliens Than Synthetic Cells, Study Reveals
- The Biochemistry of Beer: Why the Source of Sugar Matters
- How Winning Biathlon Olympic Gold Requires Hacking the Human Body
- The Quintuple is the Almost-Impossible Future of Figure Skating
- Lunar New Year: How the Chinese Calendar Follows The Moon, Mostly
- Can Humans Live Forever? Scientists Have a Few Ideas
- Winter Olympics 2018: Age-Old Curling Question Answered at Last
- Hubble Captures the Death of a Giant Fart Storm on Neptune
- Alzheimer's Drug Reverses Alcohol Brain Damage in Rats
- 'Poop Talk' Dismantles Social Taboos About Feces, But Not With Science
- Why Breaking Up Hurts, According to a Neuroscientist
- Solar Storm: How Thursday’s Event Could Hit Power Grids
- Monstrous Black Holes Are Outgrowing The Galaxies They Inhabit
- Winter Olympics 2018: What Pyeongchang Looks Like From Space
- Winter Olympics 2018: Is Pyeongchang's High Altitude Good for Athletes?
- The Chelyabinsk Asteroid Blew Up Over Russia's Skies 5 Years Ago
- In 17 Years, the Human Genome Sequence Has Become a Billion-Dollar Industry
- The Science Behind Balto's Famous Journey That Took Place 93 Years Ago
- Why the Paris Agreement Temperature Goal Must Be Met
- Winter Olympics 2018: Tonga Flag Bearer Discusses Oil's Health Benefits
- Flu 2018: New Treatments are Effective But Not Yet Approved by U.S.
- Winter Olympics 2018: Why Shaun White's Gold Medal Was a Physics Marvel
- "The Perfect Galactic Valentine" Is Both Graceful and Mysterious
- Lent 2018: Scientists Untangle Weird Catholic Legend About Meat-Eating
- Brain Scans Reveal How Drinking Alcohol Makes People More Aggressive
- LeBron James's Wine Drinking Habits Seem Surprisingly Healthy
- Winner of Top Science Photo Competition Captures a Single Atom
- Winter Olympics 2018: Emily Sweeney's Crash Explained By Physics of Curve 9
- U.S. "Face Flies" are Spreading Cow Worms That Infect Human Eyeballs
- Winter Olympics 2018: How Figure Skaters Stand on Their Partner's Legs
- 25 Years of Satellite Data Uncover Alarming Truth About Sea Level Rise
- Flint, Michigan Is Only One Part of America's Drinking Water Problem
- Winter Olympics 2018: Mirai Nagasu's Triple Axel Is a Triumph of Physics
- Olympics 2018: How Mirai Nagasu's KT Tape "Tattoo" Helped Her Make History
- Doctors Find an Increase in Car Crashes on Marijuana's Big Day, 4/20
- Mars Curiosity Rover Finds Sesame Seed 'Crystals'
- Super-Earth 100 Light Years Away Give Clues on Planet Formation
- What the Flu Does to Your Brain, According to a Sick Scientist, According to a Sick Scientist
- Flu 2018: CDC Director Gives Bad News for the Next Few Months
- Dog Fossils Reveal Long, Deep Relationship Between Humans and Canines
- Winter Olympics 2018: Pyeongchang's Toughest Sport Is Avoiding Norovirus
- Winter Olympics 2018: How Tonga's Shirtless Flag Bearer Braved the Cold
- SpaceX "Starman" Mission: Video Shows Expectations vs. Reality
- NASA Just Beat ‘Pale Blue Dot’ With Farthest Image Ever Taken
- NASA Could Send Space Submarine to Saturn's Largest Moon, Titan
- Winter Olympics 2018: How Athletes Brave Subzero Cold in the Opening Ceremony
- Chimp Self-Control Linked to Intelligence, Just Like Human Willpower
- Viral Hand Dryer Petri Dish Facebook Post Isn't As Scary As You Think
- Original "Falcon Heavy" Deserves the Same Credit as SpaceX
- Which is Heavier: the Millennium Falcon or SpaceX Falcon Heavy?
- "Walking Fish" Discovery Scraps Evolutionary Theory of Human Locomotion
- Eggs Discovered by Hydrothermal Vents 10,000 Feet Under the Sea
- Dinosaur Extinction Affected By Large Eruption of Underwater Magma
- Asteroid 2018 CB Will Make a Very Close Pass at Earth on Friday
- DNA From Long-Lived Bats Supports Telomere Theory of Life Extension
- Earth's Greatest Extinction Event May Have Been Caused by Thinning Ozone
- Cheddar Man DNA Analysis Reveals First Britons Weren't White Guys
- The ISS Just Played Its First Badminton Tournament in Space
- Kratom: Why the FDA Just Warned the Herb is an ‘Opioid’
- Elon Musk's Roadster Is Going Rogue into Deep Space
- We Finally Know What Happens to Insects That Pollinate the Venus Flytrap
- Falcon Heavy: Watch the Livestream of the SpaceX Rocket Launch Today
- Holes in the Ozone Layer Aren't Recovering After All, Say Scientists
- New York State Trashes Unscientific 'Gay Panic' Defense
- U.S. Department of Defense Study Uses Brain Stimulation to Improve Memory
- Tesla's Roadster Will Coast for Six Hours Into Deep Space on Tuesday
- Learn Physics Basics with This $10 Introductory Online Course
- Elon Musk Offers a Rocky Forecast for His Mars-Bound Tesla
- Netflix's 'The Cloverfield Paradox': The Real Science of the God Particle
- TRAPPIST-1 Planets Could Have More Water Than All Earth's Oceans
- Ryan Shazier Update: Conflicting Reports Suggest Limited Rehab Success
- Dinosaur-Age Fossils Resemble Fanged Spiders With Scorpion Tails
- New Hubble Image of Star "Swarms" Could Hold Clues to Our Galaxy's Past
- Not My Scientist? How and Why Bill Nye Became So Deeply Polarizing
- Elon Musk Shared Stunning Travel Posters Ahead of SpaceX Mars Trip
- Superbowl: What Woodpecker Brains Tell Us About CTE At The Game
- NASA and #MeToo: The Space Agency's New Plan is Revealed
- How Record-Breaking Wing Eater Molly Schuyler Hacks Human Anatomy
- Japanese Scientists Create Bananas With Edible Peels
- Brain Scans Identify What Song You're Listening to Without Hearing It
- These Merging Galaxies Look Like a "Penguin Guarding an Egg"
- Groundhog Day 2018: Other Animals Predict the Weather Better
- Why Doesn't February Have a Full Moon?
- Best Friends Really Do Share Brain Patterns, Neuroscientists Reveal
- Uniview's Virtual Tour to the Edge of the Known Universe Is Terrifying
- Solar and Lunar Eclipses Work a Lot Like Selfie Booths
- Starving Polar Bears Aren't Getting Enough Seal Fuel, Study Finds
- On Kardashev Scale of Alien Advancement, Humans Rank Pathetically Low
- Potatoes Grown on Mars-like Soil Will Prevent Humans from Starving
- Crocodile Mummy Genes Confirm an Ancient Egyptian Hypothesis
- Bottled Water Is Our Subconscious Ploy to Live Longer, Study Finds
- Doctors Ask: Do Long-Term NFL Careers Have Fatal Consequences?
- The "Amazing" Reason a SpaceX Rocket Was Floating in the Atlantic Ocean