SCIENCE

A survey of four locations in Fukushima city, outside the nuclear evacuation zone, has showed soil radiation above levels that has prompted evacuation of pregnant women and children from the city.

Researches have found that Chantix, the popular Pfizer drug that helps people quit smoking, may instead give people heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems.

In what started as just a small dot on Saturn's northern hemisphere has now evolved into what some scientists call a one-of-a-kind storm.

NASA said there is a 30 percent chance that weather WON'T ruin Friday's launch.

The skeletons of a car-sized giant wombat have been discovered in northern Australia. Although scientists already knew the existence of this species, the skeletons found were the most complete ever.

The historic Atlantis Space Shuttle launch on July 8 will likely be derailed by weather, according to NASA.

British fertility researchers developed a more accurate way to predict which pregnancies have more chance to end in miscarriage and say it could help doctors target a treatment to women.

Deaths from colon cancer continue to drop across the United States — in all but one state, health officials said Tuesday.

The Naked Mole Rat is arguably the hardiest mammal on earth. Now, scientists have sequenced its DNA in order to unlock its secrets.

A study showed an increase in the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular cases among smokers who take the drug Chantix to help them quit.

A space shuttle liftoff is an awe-inspiring sight -- but the journey doesn't begin on the launch pad. It has to get there first. Rollout means moving a fully assembled space shuttle, and its mobile launcher platform

The five orbiters - Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour - have flown more than 130 times, carrying over 350 people into space and traveling more than half a billion miles, more than enough to reach Jupiter.

The deadly E. coli epidemic in Germany and France was most likely caused by fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said on Tuesday.

A new study says environmental factors may be more important than genes in determining whether a child develops autism.

NASA has plans after Atlantis' final mission to the International Space Station.

A new study suggests doctors are testing women for human papillomavirus, or HPV, more often than guidelines recommend.

Joey Chestnut has dominated the famous Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest once again.

NASA Final Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch at 11:26 am EDT on July 8, which will be the final flight in the 30-year shuttle program. And now, what is next For NASA?

The West Nile virus is back in the US in 2011.

Yes, nicotine addiction is partly physical. But the mental aspect of quitting cannot be stressed enough.

The Orda crystal cave was discovered by Russian divers near the Orda village in the Urals region. The cave is considered the largest underwater gypsum cave measuring five kilometers, 3 miles, long. Led by Victor Lyagushkin, a team of diving journalists braved the 3C-20C water temperature to capture extraordinary photos for a 160 page book documenting their journey.

Scientists have discovered that the water boatman, also known as Micronecta scholtzi makes the noisiest sounds of any other animal on earth relative to its body size.

Virtually since the dawning of cell phones various reports have emerged suggesting that the device increases the risk of brain cancer, only to be refuted by another study shortly thereafter.

A new research has discovered that smokers who receive motivational text messages are more likely to be successful in quitting smoking. They study was published in the British medical journal The Lancet.

New research has found copper to be an effective antimicrobial agent, killing nearly all pathogens in certain parts of hospitals, for instance.

Two new studies have found that even diet sodas can make you gain weight and become fat.

The heartfelt story of children with a rare disease received widespread attention this week once researchers found that a drug called rapamycin, an immunosuppressant drug, could treat Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (progeria), according to a recent study published in Science Translational Medicine.

Rapamycin, an immunosuppressant drug, could treat Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (progeria), according to a recent study published in Science Translational Medicine.

Medicare continues paying for cancer drugs Avastin for breast cancer, and Provenge, for prostate cancer, regardless of what health regulators rule on the medicine's fate.