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A list of this year’s newsworthy successes—and failures—in drug development

A list of this year's most high-profile retractions and controversies in science

Meet the species whose DNA has recently been sequenced.

Researchers use whole-genome sequencing to keep tabs on the development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

Find the perfect present for the devoted life scientist in your life.

For nematode worms, a bigger stress response means a healthier, longer life, but fewer babies.

Michigan’s employment commission is exploring whether graduate students at state schools have the right to unionize.

Researchers identify a protein in semen that enhances the transmission of HIV in culture, but whether it increases infectivity in humans is not yet known.

The need for ancient humans to keep cool during the day might explain their lack of body hair but not why they walked on two feet.

A roundup of recent discoveries in behavior research

Some of the highlights from this year’s American Society for Cell Biology meeting, held earlier this week

For honeybees, there’s no place like home. And every year, they must find a new one. Now, a study publishing today (December 8) in Science suggests that the honeybee swarms use inhibitory signals when house-hunting, paralleling the human brain’s decision-making process.