Searching for Fortune With America’s Last Uranium Prospector
America's mid-century uranium boom changed the face of the West. Meet the man at the center of its secret afterlife.
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Nuclear Scientists Continue to Search for Undiscovered Isotopes
Nuclear researchers suspect that there are nearly 4,000 undiscovered nuclei that may help lead us to new machines and practices that benefit human life.
Nuclear Lab Employees With Radiation-Linked Cancers Have Been Forced to Wait Years for Potential Benefits
At the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, workers are still waiting for answers about who is liable for sicknesses they say were caused by radiation from the lab.
The Government’s Latest Hearing on the EPA’s Science Transparency Rule Bolstered Outsider Scientists’ Opinions
Two of the three invited scientists agreed with the rule, even though other evidence suggests most scientists are against it.
Can Small Doses of Radiation Harm You? The EPA Isn’t Convinced.
A new rule might open the door for regulation rollbacks on radiation and harmful chemicals.
Chernobyl in Spring
Thirty years after the nuclear disaster, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone remains a ghost town — but recently it’s seen a…
For Some, Fukushima Evacuations Were Worse Than Radiation
A study of nursing homes near the nuclear site suggest the physical and mental stress of evacuation took more years off people's lives than radiation will.
What a Trip to Mars Could Do to People’s Brains
The preliminary science suggests Marstronauts are going to need some protection.
