Radioactive decay is the strange and almost mystical ability for one element to naturally and spontaneously transmute into another. In the process, those elements tend to emit deadly forms of ...

The researchers got interested in the problem when a solar flare on December 13, 2006 (seen above) decreased the decay rate of a radioactive sample they were studying.

Radon is an odorless, invisible gas that occurs naturally in rocks and soil. It's the result of the radioactive decay of a natural element called radium.According to the Washington State ...