The most radioactive elements found on Earth include Polonium, Radium, and Radon. Learn why elements with short half-lives, ...

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In this lesson, students will simulate the randomness of decay in radioactive atoms and visualize the half-life of a sample radioactive element. This lesson can be completed in two (2) 45-minute class ...

Reader @Procrustes tweeted at us to ask: “Why do scientists measure things like radioactive elements in half-life? Why not just measure the whole life?” If you’re not familiar with the term “half-life ...

Take a look at the first column of the periodic table. The elements in this group include some of the most common and useful ones on the planet - and they probably all wish they weren’t associated ...

Anyone who has looked in detail at the searches conducted when they are buying a home will have seen a report on a radioactive element called radon. The colourless and odourless gas is a radioactive ...

A battery made of diamonds could power devices for thousands of years, scientists have announced. This battery would be powered by a diamond surrounding a radioactive isotope of carbon known as carbon ...