Believe it or not, this super popular tropical fruit is actually radioactive! But don't worry, the Minion-approved treat is ...

What do granite and bananas have in common? Radioactivity. As it turns out, radioactivity is all around us and has been for eons. About 25 years ago, I was doing radiation surveys at a NASA research ...

A new map offers a new perspective on the city, revealing the steady, ever-present natural radiation emerging from the ground ...

Large areas of the ocean floor are covered with polymetallic nodules and crusts. The potato-sized manganese nodules can be found in all oceans, especially in the Pacific Ocean, at water depths between ...

Natural resources that are extracted from the ground such as coal, oil, natural gas and other mineral ores contain various amounts of natural radioactivity. When these resources are extracted and ...

There appears to be radiation literally raining down upon Earth. In several new YouTube videos shot in the United States and Canada, radiation-detecting Geiger counters are shown buzzing at an ...

Did You Know: An unusual yet scientifically accurate fact about one of the world’s most beloved fruits is drawing curiosity: bananas are mildly radioactive. Far from science fiction, this phenomenon ...

Many industries processing naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) follow a common cycle with several stages from the extraction of materials to the fabrication and the use of products and ...

The issue of nuclear radiation has resurfaced in the minds of many people today. The news we hear in the media encourages us to undertake extra checks in the areas where we live. The latest breaking ...