I know you don't actually need to do research. I am talking about in the context of finding one - you find it and once you figure out what it does, you get the bonus.
Anyone who knows anything about Sci-fi knows that a scientist has to study an artifact, maybe get someone killed or whatever before they work out what it does and how to use it. So since they show up on the research tab, ergo they were "researched" (immediately, for free) and hence show up on research screen...
