September 2018 Science Articles
- This Is Probably Why Some People Love Animals — And Others Really Don’t
- Humpback Whale Calls Sound Exactly the Same 36 Years Later
- The Surreal Moth Meme Has Wonderfully Weird Science Behind It
- Biology Explains How Exactly Birds Can See Where They're Going
- How to Use Chemistry and Physics to Make the Perfect Cup of Joe
- Why the NASA InSight Lander Can't Help Troubled Opportunity Rover
- Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Taught America How Trauma Is Encoded in the Brain
- What Is a Forensic Interview, and Why Did Rachel Mitchell Bring It Up?
- Why Scientists Searched 7,000 Meters Below Sea Level for a Winged Fish
- How SpaceX Launched the Commercial Space Age Into Orbit 10 Years Ago
- Rats Infect Man With Virus Never Known to Affect Humans
- Moth Gulping Tears From a Sleeping Bird Puts Meme Moth to Shame
- Heartbreaking Whale Study Shows How Tiny Chemicals Kill Large Mammals
- Neanderthal Bone Scars Reshape What We Assume About Their Behavior
- 'Fortnite' Breast Physics Error Is a Reminder of the Science of Boob Loving
- Trump's "Very, Very Large Brain" Comment Underscores Common Intelligence Myth
- Trump Urges Congress for Money to Defend Earth Against Disastrous Asteroids
- New Whale Recordings Reveal Purpose of a Language, Unchanged Since 1976
- Seal Slapping Man With Octopus in Viral Video Is Probably Just Hungry
- Females Reign Supreme in Termite Colonies That Reproduce Without Males
- Ocean Drilling Reveals These Scientific Treasures to Earth's Past
- 'Aquaman' Director's Scientific Explanation for Water Vomiting Falls Flat
- Earthquake Studies Reveal Actual Outcome of North Korea's Nuclear Tests
- NASA Orbiter Spots a Speck of a Silent Mars Opportunity Rover
- Moth Meme Makes Everyone Ask: Why Are They Really Drawn to Lamps?
- New Record Holder for World's Biggest Bird Ever Was a 1,700-Pound Giant
- This Is Why a Chicken Can Run Around Even After Its Head Is, Um, Off
- Indonesian Teen's Secret to Surviving 49 Days at Sea Is Filter Science 101
- Babies Show Signs of Altruism Earlier Than Scientists Ever Thought
- Pete Davidson Discusses Using Marijuana for Crohn's Disease and BPD
- Electric Blue Clouds Captured in NASA Video Are Oddly Soothing
- Trauma Treatment in 'Maniac' Is a Sci-Fi Version of Real-Life MDMA Therapy
- Stoned Lobsters Raise Debate Over Using Marijuana to Kill Animals Ethically
- MDMA Makes Octopuses Give Eight-Armed Hugs
- New Maps Show How Badly US National Parks Are Ravaged by Climate Change
- Antarctica's Rapidly Changing Plants Reveal New Frontier of Climate Change
- Why Madagascar's Largest Predator Has Remained a Mystery Until Now
- This Is How Humans First Learned to Count, Explained by a Mathematician
- 10 Ways to Know if Your Dog Is Actually Happy
- A Pennsylvania High Schooler Is Showing Girls They're Brave Enough to Code
- Mister Rogers Helped Kids Get Over Their Fear of 'The Incredible Hulk'
- Trump's Cuts to Grand Staircase Monument Threaten Key Paleontology Sites
- Geography Explains Why This Italian City Is Overrun With Wild Boars
- Watch a Constantly Shifting Honeybee Swarm Illustrate the "Hive Mind"
- CT Scan of Hammerhead Shark on Reddit Resembles Benedict Cumberbatch
- New Horizons Braces Itself to Meet the Mysterious "Ultima Thule"
- Why a Softball-Sized Hail Season May Hint at Weather Trouble to Come
- New Timeline for Earliest Known Animal Is 'Holy Grail' of Paleontology
- NASA's Exoplanet-Hunting Satellite TESS Made Its First Two Discoveries
- Octopuses Rolling on MDMA Reveal Unexpected Link to Humans
- Scientists Use DNA to Expose the World's Top 3 Illegal Ivory Cartels
- Sperm Benefit From More Frequent Sex, New Study Reveals
- Roots of Human Generosity Revealed by Surprisingly Unselfish Apes
- The FDA's New PSA About Vaping Looks Like a Superhero Origin Story
- Astronomers Discover Planet Where 'Star Trek' Vulcan Supposedly Exists
- This Genetically Engineered Skin Graft Could Treat Cocaine Addiction
- 'Fire Tornado' Snatches Hose From Firefighters Then Melts It in Wild Video
- TESS the Exoplanet Hunter Just Sent Home the First Images From Its Mission
- Lone "Unicorn of the Sea" Unexpectedly Adopted by Beluga Boys Club
- Researcher Discovers Human Cannibalism Isn't Nourishing, Wins Science Prize
- Actually, Honey Bees Aren't the Only Insect to Produce Nectar
- 50,000-Year-Old Wolf Pup Mummified So Well It Looks Like 'Taxidermied Pet'
- Why Museums Need to Digitize Fossils to Understand Past Mysteries
- The Harvest Moon Comes 2 Days After the September Equinox This Year
- This Mathematical Model Can Predict More Than Zebrafish Stripes
- Marine Biologists Determine a New Method for Locating Great White Sharks
- Evolution Prepared North Carolina's Wild Horses for Hurricane Florence
- Study Suggests Probiotic Bacteria and Superbugs Can Produce Electricity
- Why You Should Think Twice Before Putting Your Dog on a Raw Meat Diet
- Japan's Gender Gap for People Who Live to Be Over 100 Is Getting Bigger
- Why Scientists Want to Name the Poison Frogs Species Before It's Too Late
- ICESat-2's Space Lasers Will Illuminate The Amount of Ice Loss on Earth
- Why Swamps Are More Important for the Climate Than Ever Before
- 4 New Technologies That Are Driving Archaeology Into the Future
- Rumors of Sabotage on the ISS Continue to Come Out of Roscosmos
- Oldest Evidence of Beer Brewing Proves Ancient Drinking Was Spiritual
- Hurricane Florence Storm Surges Are Like Pointing a Hair Dryer at Puddle
- Scientists Want to Align Your Internal Clock Because Timing Is Everything
- Hurricane Florence: Hospitals in the Bullseye Are Preparing — or Closing
- Hurricane Florence: Infrared Image Shows Its Growing Size
- What Would Actually Happen if You Shot a Gun at Hurricane Florence?
- NASA, Roscosmos Will Meet October 10 to Discuss ISS "Sabotage" Rumors
- Why Vaping Is an "Epidemic" and Why It Will Be Tough for the FDA to Stop It
- Wild Dolphins Spontaneously Imitate Each Other's "Tail Walking"
- States with High Obesity Rates Have a Few Troubling Factors in Common
- The Evolutionary Reason Dogs Eat Their Own Poop
- Ahead of Hurricane Florence, Nuclear Plants Heed Lessons From Fukushima
- Red Cross-Hatched Lines Determined to Be Humankind's Oldest Drawing
- Resplendent Spiral Galaxy Found Within the Crater Constellation
- Experts Are Fairly Certain of Hurricane Florence's Path Once It Hits Land
- What Is This New Meghalayan Age and How Does It Fit With the Anthropocene?
- Large Hadron Collider Turns 10: Why Its Mission Is More Important Than Ever
- Hurricane Florence: When It Arrives and Makes Landfall in the United States
- The Relationship Between Hurricane Season and Climate Change, Explained
- The UK Is Sending 360,000 Worms to Space for a Very Human Reason
- Scientists Measure the Deadliness of Semiautomatic Rifles in a New Way
- Hurricane Florence Evacuation: South Carolina Has Turned I-26 Into a One-Way Street
- Hurricane Florence: Arrival Time, Rainfall Forecast, Flooding Predictions
- CDC Study Shows a Worrisome Link Between Chronic Pain and Suicide
- Archeologists Reveal a Gruesome, Spiritual History for Ice Age Sled Dogs
- Long-Term Benzodiazepine Use Strongly Associated With Race, Study Finds
- These Steps Will Ensure Survival After a Storm Strikes, Civil Engineer Says
- Why Arctic Shipping Becomes Increasingly More Risky as Sea Ice Recedes
- Being Braver Might Be Down to Stimulating One Part of the Brain
- Lunar Swirls Explained by the Moon's Magnetic and Volcanic Past
- Woman Develops "Black Hairy Tongue" After Antibiotic Use Goes Wrong
- Scientists Identify World's First Known Seagrass-Eating Shark
- Physician Solves Mystery of Mona Lisa's Smile While Waiting in Louvre Line
- Hurricane Florence: NASA Model Shows Size and Intensity of Storm
- Saturn's Weird Hexagonal Vortex Just Got Even Weirder, Thanks to Cassini
- This Is Why Some Birds and Animals Thrive in Land Charred by Wildfires
- Bits of 7,200-Year-Old Croatian Cheese Resemble a Modern Favorite
- Science Explains How Dogs Skillfully Read Human Emotions and Why It Matters
- Physicists Reveal Body Types That Can Best Handle High Gravity on Exoplanets
- CDC Responds to Emirates Airlines Flight 203 Sick-Passenger Disaster
- NASA Video Shows Tropical Storm Gordon Churning With Menace Over Florida
- Three Ancient, Unheard-of Species Are North America's Lost Primates
- Why Mosquito Repellent May Work Better With This Natural Ingredient
- Questions Over Soyuz Hole on ISS Mount as Russia Convenes Investigation
- Why Some People Actually Benefit From Hurricane Destruction
- What Is a Tropical Cyclone? Why Tropical Storm Gordon Isn't Too Scary Yet
- How to Get Your Brain Ready to Go Back to Work After Labor Day Weekend
- "Luzia" Woman Skull, Oldest in Americas, at Risk From Brazil Museum Fire
- Can Animals Grieve the Death of Their Loved Ones? A Bioethicist Weighs In
- Science Explains the Unexpected Reasons Why Dogs Need to Be Walked
- This Invention Will Keep Water Running After a Caribbean Hurricane Hits
- This Is Why Lab-Grown Burgers Could Soon Become the Food of the Future
- Kratom Users Reveal Psychological Symptoms of Withdrawal From the Drug
- Two Years After SpaceX "Anomaly," Elon Musk's Rocket Firm Has Bounced Back
