The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in the New Mexico desert is the nation's only permanent underground repository for nuclear waste. Courtesy of WIPP Roman Mars’ podcast 99% Invisible covers design ...

The National Academy of Sciences added a “foreign associate” to its goodly company: Russian physicist Peter Kapitza, Hero of Socialist Labor. He was worthy of the honor. Besides a monster string of ...

A new radiation warning sign has been unveiled, but its macabre symbology should only be seen by those attempting to dismantle large sources. A new radiation warning sign has been unveiled, but it ...

Iran is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to its controversial nuke program, emblazoning a new 50,000-rial (about $5.40) bank note with a nuclear symbol, the Associated Press reports.