Dogs have been by our side for 16,000 years, and more...

New research confirms that dogs were the first animal to form a domestic relationship with humans, dating back to the end of the last Ice Age almost 16,000 years ago.PLUS:Constructing shelters out of Martian soil may be possible with bacterial helpMale-on-male cricket 'twerking' and 'booty bumping' is not a case of mistaken identityNarrowing down potential alien signals from 12 billion to 100, thanks to SETI Researchers find a brain switch in mice to turn a deadbeat dad into a doting one