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Employees at the site in South Carolina where the US used to construct nuclear weapons have discovered a radioactive wasp nest.

Workers Find Radioactive Wasp Nest at Nuclear Facility, But the Wasps Are Missing

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have found that the universe around us is decaying far more quickly than we thought, thanks to Hawking radiation.

Scientists Just Moved Up the Death Date of the Universe

By Victor Tangermann

New research projects that the tens of millions of CT scans performed in the US in 2023 could result in over 100,000 cases of cancer.

CT Scans Are Causing Quite a Bit of Cancer, Doctors Find

By Frank Landymore

Researchers found that a protein from tardigrades could help astronauts ward off the damage from space radiation.

Scientists Propose Injecting Astronauts With Tardigrade RNA After Finding It Prevents Radiation Damage

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have long warned that cell phones may cause male fertility issues — and a new indicates that those concerns are warranted.

Cell Phone Use Linked to Low Sperm Count in Landmark Study

By Noor Al-Sibai

An elementary school in St. Louis had a rude awakening when scientists discovered grounds had "unacceptable" levels of radioactive contamination.

Radioactive Waste From Manhattan Project Found at Elementary School

By Frank Landymore

Evolution seems to have sped up near Chernobyl, where a small type of tree frog has changed substantially since the 1986 nuclear meltdown.

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Something Cool Is Happening to the Frogs at Chernobyl

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to a new study, astronauts who board a crewed mission to Mars will likely face devastating levels of radiation.

Mars Astronauts Would Get Horrifying Dose of Radiation, Study Finds

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The United Nations' atomic watchdog is warning that radiation levels at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear disaster site are "abnormal" and have been rising.

Science & Energy

UN Watchdog Says Radiation From Chernobyl “Abnormal” After Russian Attack

By Victor Tangermann

Professors studied fir trees growing near Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster site. The trees' whorls show growth patterns affected by radiation.

Nuclear Disaster in Japan Did Something Strange to Trees

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists have sent a sample of mouse sperm into the Internation Space Station to study the effects of radiation on mammalian reproduction.

Researchers Sent Freeze-Dried Mouse Sperm to Space to Study Radiation

By Tony Ho Tran

The United States announced that it supports Japan's plan to dump radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.

Science & Energy

Dumping Radioactive Water Into Sea Won’t Solve Japan’s Issues

By Tony Ho Tran

"Exposure to a high background radiation displays clear beneficial health effects in humans," according to a team of Israeli researchers.

Scientists Claim That Actually, Radiation Is Good For You

By Victor Tangermann

A newly-discovered tardigrade can survive dangerous levels of ultraviolet radiation, and it glows blue whenever it's exposed.

Science & Energy

Newly-Discovered Tardigrade Glows Blue to Block Deadly Radiation

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, scientists say they've ascertained how radioactive the Moon is — a finding that could have implications for the future of space travel.

Bad News: The Moon Is Surprisingly Radioactive

By Jon Christian

A nuclear spill happened at the Los Alamos National Laboratory last month, and 15 workers could have been exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.

Science & Energy

US Investigating “Breach” at Nuclear Weapons Facility

By Dan Robitzski