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Plutonium in the Hills: How Do You Keep Nuclear Secrets Buried Forever?
Decades after the fall of Soviet Union, scientists are working to determine the lasting environmental effects of Soviet nuclear testing in Kazakhstan.
Watch Scientists Unroll a Tumor Like a Roll of Toilet Paper
Personalized cancer treatments could end the days of "scorched earth" medicine, and we just got closer with this disgusting bit of genius.
Turns Out This Earth-Like Planet Is Probably Uninhabitable
Kepler-438b is one of the most Earth-like exoplanets, but it's victim to coronal mass ejections.
Evidently You Can Clean Up A Nuclear Dump Site With Whisky
Scientists might just have discovered a way to use spent whisky grains to clean up radioactive material. And they might just be jamming a whole bunch of said grain down a massive (and massively radioactive) shaft in Scotland.
A Fukushima Worker Has Been Diagnosed With Cancer Linked to the Disaster
The construction worker was involved in clean up efforts at the contaminated nuclear facility from 2012 to 2013 and was exposed to radiation well below the allowable limit for workers.
Japan Is Serving Foreigners Food from Post-Meltdown Fukushima
Despite reassurances by the government, it looks as though Fukushima may have a ways to go before everything returns to normal—if it ever will.
Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone Is Now a Thriving Wildlife Habitat
A recent study concludes that the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is starting to look more like a de facto nature reserve, teeming with elk, roe deer, red deer, wild boar, and wolves.
The Radioactive Art Exhibit You Can't See | Don't Follow The Wind
Japanese collective ChimPom created a radioactive art installation.
This Former Nuclear Industry Executive Claims the Fukushima Cleanup Plan Is Infeasible
We talked to nuclear industry engineer Arnie Gunderson about the ongoing aftermath of the infamous 2011 nuclear disaster.
70 Years On: Researchers Archive the Longest-Running Study of A-Bomb Survivors
In his 20s, US geneticist William Jack Schull joined a study to examine the effects of radiation on atomic bomb survivors. Now 93, he wants to share his experiences with the world.
Worker Dies at Disabled Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
The man is the third worker to have died at Fukushima since the start of decommissioning work to dismantle the damaged nuclear plant.
The Fallout From Old Nuclear Tests Might Help Scientists Mark a New Geologic Age
Scientists say we've entered a new geologic epoch called the Anthropocene, but they disagree on when it began.