If you think laughter and comedy are reserved strictly for humans, you’d be wrong. A study in the late 1990s showed that creatures like rats emit ultrasonic vocalizations while playing with or ...

A politically charged reallocation of public safety resources that risks weakening law enforcement, undermining public trust and leaving New Yorkers in high-crime areas vulnerable is not a plan for ...

Inside a tucked-away wing of the Gottwald Science Center, the hum of filtration systems and the glow of stacked aquatic tanks fill a maze of research rooms: the habitat for hundreds of animals under ...

SALT LAKE CITY — University of Utah engineers have given a bionic hand a mind of its own. Post-doctoral researcher Marshall Trout said a large percentage of amputees who get bionic hands — maybe 20% ...

Scientists are using artificial intelligence to help bionic limbs act more like natural ones. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on an experimental hand that shares control with the user to carry out tricky ...

Treasure Valley reports sharp rise in rat calls; pros see widespread presence. Rats exploit urban change, warmer winters and ‘human subsidies’ for survival. Experts say control is more likely than ...

The United Kingdom is set to begin injecting children—some as young as ten years old—with puberty-blocking drugs in what the Daily Mail calls the first NHS-backed clinical experiment of its kind. Two ...

Rats are an unfortunate reality that can affect just about any neighborhood across the United States. These species include the ubiquitous roof and Norway rats. Not only can rats carry harmful ...

Being a lab rat is horrible enough as it is, but it’s even worse for the poor rats in Cyber Rats, the new rogue-lite survival horror game from Outpost Games. Explore a deadly maze for that ...