A group of British men went from London to the summit of Everest and back in less than a week with the help of xenon gas.

Dr. Baker Perry leads a team of scientists as they set up weather stations on Everest and other extreme environments. CNN’s ...

Forests around the world disappeared at a rate of 18 soccer fields every minute, a global survey found. Fires accounted for ...

Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a large scale — making it possible to one day track the health ...

The EPA Radon Zone Map, published in 1993, was based on limited data and intended to indicate predicted average indoor radon levels by county and not for site-specific risk evaluation. Today ...

WOW. SO RADON HAS AFFECTED MY LIFE IN MANY WAYS. THE MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE FOUR LUNG CANCER, WHICH HAD SPREAD TO HER BONES. IT KIND OF JUST ROCKED MY WORLD AND WAS ...

Titled “Estimated Radon Exposure in Eastern Pennsylvania Schools,” it estimates that children and faculty at many schools in the Lehigh Valley may be exposed to elevated levels of radon gas ...

49% of the over 73,000 radon tests conducted had radon levels at or above the World Health Organization's threshold for mitigation. Installing a radon mitigation system can permanently reduce ...

She added that radon is formed in soil and rocks from decaying uranium, so it naturally occurs in most parts of the world. At the same time, Horton said Colorado’s unique, uranium-rich geography ...

According to a new paper in the journal PNAS, over 83 million people across the U.S. live in residences with radon levels over 148 Becquerels per cubic meter (Bq/m 3). The researchers' map reveals ...

You can be exposed to radon from breathing radon in the air from the crack and gaps in building and homes. The DHS publishes an interactive map of radon test results to show where radon levels are ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — January is National Radon Action Month and a new report from the American Lung Association has revealed that a significant number of Virginia homes have ...