Wild boars roaming the forests of Bavaria have become the focus of a scientific mystery: in some cases, they carry higher ...

Employees at the site in South Carolina where the US used to construct nuclear weapons have discovered a highly radioactive wasp nest. As CBS News reports, staff at the Savannah River Site (SRS) ...

What sounds like the plot of a low-budget horror film came to life in Aiken, South Carolina, in early July. Radiological Control Operations employees at the Savannah River Site found a radioactive ...

An Arizona veteran who helped support the military response to a nuclear accident believes he unknowingly ingested ...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright killed the Department of Energy’s decades-old radiation safety standard Friday.

Unlike burning fossil fuels, nuclear power plants release very few greenhouse gases. They’re safer than they’ve ever been, and currently generate around a fifth of the U.S.’s electricity. However, ...

Radioactive materials are found naturally in the Earth. But even so, saying an area is radioactive may conjure up images of things you find in a sci-fi films including green glowing men and the odd ...

What’s going on with this silent threat that can stealthily damage your body in ways that can take years to reveal themselves ...

This microbe can survive doses of radiation that would obliterate any other living thing. Here’s what this means for science and humanity.