When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists expected the surrounding land to remain uninhabitable for ...

The DNA of Chernobyl cleanup workers and others exposed to high doses of radiation showed mutations that were also evident in ...

The story of Chernobyl has long carried a chilling epilogue: that the people who rushed in to contain the disaster doomed not ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meet Deinococcus radiodurans — one of the toughest bacterium on Earth. This bacteria can survive exposure to extreme radiation ...

Fears about cell phones causing cancer persist despite scientific evidence to the contrary, with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announcing a new investigation. Here’s what we know.

Study finds link between cell phone radiation and behavior problems in mice. March 15, 2012— -- A new study could re-ignite the debate over the potentially dangerous effects of cell phone ...

(CNN) — A type of bacteria called Deinococcus radiodurans, nicknamed “Conan the Bacterium” for its ability to survive the harshest of extremes, can withstand radiation doses 28,000 times greater than ...

Ants may be small, but they are quite rugged, especially in the face of extreme stressful situations like nuclear radiation.

As humans prepare for longer missions to the moon and Mars, scientists are trying to understand how space affects the human body. One of the biggest concerns is space radiation — high-energy particles ...