Chernobyl and Fukushima have left a tainted legacy in a no-man’s land between radioactive dirt and an immaculate landscape of state denial, where ‘acceptable risk’ is nothing more than a euphemism for ...

The Chernobyl disaster occurred when technicians at the power station, near Pripyat in the north of Ukraine, then part of the ...

Radiation risk can be measured, understood and controlled in ways that keep people safe, including from contaminated foods.

An explosion at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant has raised fears of a potential meltdown — and the situation is rapidly ...

The earthquake struck off the northeastern coast and has already produced waves that could reach up to 3 meters in height.

A powerful quake with a magnitude of 7.7 struck northeastern and northern Japan on Monday, prompting the country's weather ...

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the northeastern Japanese coast along the Sanriku region of Hokkaido and Iwate prefecture at around 4.50pm local ...

How do people perceive the risks of chemical substances in their everyday lives? Associate Professor MURAYAMA Rumiko of the ...

In a world of information overload, it can feel soothing to stick your head in the sand. Don’t want to hear what the doctor might say? It’s easy not to make a follow-up appointment. Did a favorite ...

Psychological stress during pregnancy is known to affect birth outcomes, but isolating its effects has been difficult. Researchers found that babies born in Japan immediately after the Fukushima ...

As the Artemis II astronauts hurtled around the moon during their historic flyby, basking in unprecedented views of the illuminated lunar far side, pilot Victor Glover described the visuals as “sci-fi ...