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If you've ever wondered who's in control, you or your cat, a new study points to the obvious. It's your cat.

That muttered curse word that reflexively comes out when you stub your toe could actually make it easier to bear the throbbing pain, a new study suggests.

There's a growing body of research that finds taller people make more money.

Miniature robots could be good spies, but researchers now are experimenting with insect cyborgs or "cybugs" that could work even better.

NEW YORK - A cat's purr normally says, "I'm happy." But a new study suggests some purrs send cat owners a much different message: "Feed me!"

A newly discovered repulsive aspect to light could one day control telecommunications devices with greater speed and less power, researchers said today.

WASHINGTON - The way swine flu multiplies in the respiratory system is more severe than ordinary winter flu, a new study in animals finds.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Thunderstorms once again forced NASA to call off the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on Monday, the fifth delay for the space station construction mission.

Venus may once have been more Earth-like, with volcanic activity and an ocean of water, a new map of the toasty planet's southern hemisphere suggests.

MOSCOW (AFP) - Six volunteers from Russia and Europe Tuesday emerged from a capsule inside a Moscow research facility where they had been locked away for the last three months to simulate a mission to Mars.

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea will this month launch a satellite using its own rocket as part of a drive to join Asia's space race, officials said Tuesday.

This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. When Tufts University Assistant Chemistry Professor Charles Sykes says he loves playing with blocks, he's not referring to the typical kids' toys. Instead, he's talking about his fascination with seeing atoms and molecules move on a computer screen in front of him and using technology to move the molecules himself to see how they react to various surfaces. ...

PARIS (AFP) - A runaway spurt of global warming 55 million years ago turned Earth into a hothouse but how this happened remains worryingly unclear, scientists said on Monday.

Slips and falls in the tub and shower are sending injured U.S. kids to the emergency room at a surprising rate - 120 daily - with most injuries occurring in children under 4 years old, a new study finds.

Patterns of a type of high-energy radiation called gamma rays throughout the Milky Way aren't the signature of mysterious dark matter as had previously been suggested, a new study shows.

CAPE CANAVERAL., Florida (Reuters) - A pioneering rocket company that wants to take over the job of sending U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station launched an imaging satellite into orbit late on Monday for a Malaysian firm, its first paying customer.