Naturally occurring radioactive elements are substances whose atomic nuclei are unstable. To become stable, these nuclei spontaneously break down, or decay, by releasing energy in the form of ...

A radioactive contamination scandal in Banten, Indonesia, has left local workers like Sakinah and Roni jobless and exposed to health risks after Cesium-137 was traced to factories in the Modern ...

While 1920s soda shops offered a plethora of sweet treats, nearby pharmacies served their own tinctures—like Radithor, certified radioactive water. Image: LMPC / Contributor / Getty Images Get the ...

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Walmart has recalled frozen, raw shrimp sold in 13 states because federal health officials say it could have potential radioactive contamination. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked Walmart to ...

The black market trade in rhino horns is driving the species to near extinction. Now, scientists at a rhino orphanage in the Bushveld of South Africa are trying to protect them from poaching in a ...

The first radioactive nest was reported in early July. Several radioactive wasp nests have been found in South Carolina at a site that used to produce parts for nuclear weapons, according to officials ...

Wasps living around a Cold War-era nuclear facility in South Carolina have built at least four radioactive nests, raising questions about their source of hazardous material and the extent of ...

The buzz about radioactive wasps at a Cold War-era nuclear site in South Carolina just won’t die. Investigators found “hot” nests inside a nuclear weapons facility in South Carolina, with scientists ...

Officials at a former nuclear bomb site in South Carolina have discovered a radioactive wasp nest. Workers were conducting a routine radiation level check at the Savannah River Site near Aiken when a ...