Cancers due to radiation will not increase in Japan, according to studies conducted in the wake of the 2011 nuclear disaster.

US Preventive Services Task Force recommends against a commonly used prostate cancer screening.

Researchers flag the EP3 prostaglandin receptor as a key player in castor oil’s laxative and labor-inducing effects.

Plants carefully control how many sperm reach an ovule by shutting down the pollen-attracting process after sperm and egg fuse.

Almost 10 percent of mammals in the Western Hemisphere won’t be able to shift their territories in time to avoid the consequences of climate change.

Orange-loving Trinidad guppies are curiously attracted to orange spots on prawn pincers, which may make it easier for the predators to snatch them up.

An examination of Swedish health and educational records suggests that more schooling results in healthier adults.

An incorrect isomer of the kinase inhibitor bosutinib is circulating in the biomedical research community, potentially throwing doubt on study results.

An interactive web tool that allows users to visualize world-wide species distributions is now available on the Web.

A researcher dead from a meningococcal infection may have acquired it in his laboratory.

Human-specific duplications of a gene involved in brain development may have contributed to our species’ unique intelligence.

Editor-in-chief Alberts plans to leave Science next March, after high-profile 5-year tenure.