What happens when you send 3,000 water bears on a 12-day mission into outer
space? Researchers hope the answer will teach us something about genetic
self-repair. [Photo: Bob Goldstein]

The idea that “it’s better to give than receive” may not be limited to just humans. Now researchers have found a group of monkeys that seem to get pleasure from giving.

For the first time, researchers have prevented the typical age-related decline in a whole organ, allowing old mice to have livers that function as if they were young.

Research is showing carbon dioxide is not only causing global warming, it’s also causing sea water to become more acidic. The question of what this means for sea life is becoming a hot topic for everyone from scientists to filmmakers.

The big knock on wind turbines has been that they’re dangerous to birds. But researchers have found that they actually kill more bats, and the reason why has been a mystery–until now.

Doctors are considering using a new technology to genetically modify AIDS patients’ own cells to be resistant to HIV.

A new clue in the mysterious decline of bee populations: researchers have found that diseases are spreading from domesticated bumblebees to those in the wild. As this ScienCentral News video reports, that’s leaving many species in danger of disappearing.

Scientists are one step closer to knowing the true colors of some dinosaurs. This ScienCentral News video describes how Yale researchers found a clue to colors in bird feather fossils.

Are cats good at preventing asthma? That’s the finding of a group of scientists studying childhood allergies in houses with and without cats.

New research suggests that robotic dogs can give you some of the same benefits you’d get from the real thing.