Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When most of us think of radioactivity, we picture abandoned nuclear test sites or disaster zones like Chernobyl. But the ...

We don't want to alarm you, but those bananas in your kitchen — they're radioactive. Before you don a hazmat suit, read the ...

When nuclear accidents happen, many people imagine radiation spreading everywhere and lasting forever. The reality is more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The element radium can be found in extremely tiny amounts in the Earth’s crust and oceans, and in its pure form it is a soft ...

The specter of radioactivity in food just reared its head again, with another shipment of imported shrimp recalled for possible Cesium-137 contamination. The MAHA Commission 2025 report unfotunately ...

"Dogs at Chernobyl are now genetically distinct … thanks to years of exposure to ionizing radiation, study finds." ...

Across the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Przewalski’s horses — stocky, sand-colored and almost toy-like in appearance — graze in ...

There was a recent recall of so-called ‘radioactive shrimp’ that were potentially contaminated with cesium-137 (Cs-137). But contamination isn’t an all-or-nothing affair, so you might wonder exactly ...

Every year, millions of shipments of radioactive material are transported by land, air and sea. These materials are crucial for medicine, industry, research, agriculture and energy production. Because ...

Homeless wild dog in old radioactive zone in Pripyat city - abandoned ghost town after nuclear disaster. Chernobyl exclusion zone.© Sergiy Romanyuk/Shutterstock.com An area of about 1,000 square miles ...