Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dangerous fragment of radioactive debris was found outside of a decommissioned nuclear facility in Scotland. The BBC reported ...

A fragment of waste found near Dounreay in April was the most radioactive to be detected in the last three years, the Highland nuclear site's operator has said. Sand-sized particles of irradiated ...

The Washington State Department of Health has sent a strongly worded letter of concern to the U.S. Energy Department about elevated readings of radioactive contamination that state monitoring has ...

The Food and Drug Administration is urging consumers to throw away certain bags of frozen raw shrimp sold at Walmart stores across the nation, including in Oklahoma, which could be contaminated with a ...

Discover the fascinating process of radioactive decay, where unstable atoms transform, releasing energy in the form of alpha, beta, and gamma emissions.

A powerful solar storm lit skies far beyond the poles, revealing how Earth’s magnetic shield protects the planet during ...

After a series of attacks on Iran made by Israel, and a number of retaliation attacks from Iran, the U.S. intervened on June 21. The U.S. completed military strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, ...

This story was originally performed at KUT’s ATXplained Live show on April 29. Get tickets for our next show on Oct. 29! One of the Texas Capitol’s most striking features is the Hill Country granite ...

One expert says explosive nuclear testing would be 'alarming.' President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he is ordering the United States to resume nuclear testing, leaving experts wondering ...

But only in the last 70 years have we known for certain they were there. In 1956, physicists Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines ...