Bdelloid rotifers shrug off radiation doses that would obliterate human cells. Here’s how their resilience reveals deep ...

When the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened on April 26, 1986, the region became one of the most heavily contaminated areas on the planet. A 1,000-square-mile area surrounding the doomed nuclear ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tardigrades, the eight-legged creatures, are among the toughest organisms on Earth, capable of surviving in the most extreme ...

Radiation levels in Earth's atmosphere rose to the highest level in nearly two decades in November after a rare solar super-flare pummeled the planet with high-speed particles from the sun. The solar ...

Fifteen years after the 2011 nuclear disaster, color-coded radiation maps hang on the wall of Futabaya Ryokan, the family-run ...

A combination of reduced aerosol pollution and global warming have resulted in increasing levels of solar radiation across ...

TOKYO -- A pair of thin robots on treads sent to explore buildings inside Japan's crippled nuclear reactor came back Monday with disheartening news: Radiation levels are far too high for repair crews ...

Detected levels were 5,000 times lower than danger threshold. March 31, 2011— -- Milk from America's West Coast containing trace amounts of radioactive iodine is safe to drink, health officials ...