When we walk into Computer Science professor Steven J. Gortler’s office, it’s hard not to notice the wasp nests. Five of the ...

Is a wasp more hostile or dangerous to humans than a bee? Are people who are allergic to one also allergic to the other? How can you tell them apart? These are all examples of common questions when ...

Last week, I noticed a huge wasp perched on a dried-up cucumber leaf. It was a male cicada killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus. These beneficial wasps show up each year shortly after the annual cicadas ...

The first radioactive nest was reported in early July. Several radioactive wasp nests have been found in South Carolina at a site that used to produce parts for nuclear weapons, according to officials ...

Radioactive wasp nests were discovered in July at a nuclear waste facility in South Carolina and removed. Four more nests have since tested positive for traces of nuclear waste. Six New States Now ...

Wasps living around a Cold War-era nuclear facility in South Carolina have built at least four radioactive nests, raising questions about their source of hazardous material and the extent of ...

With incidents of flooding and forest fires already on the rise, South Carolinians just learned of a new, scary-sounding environmental threat to fret about: potentially radioactive wasps. Four ...

A bizarre discovery was made at the site of a facility that made key parts for nuclear bombs, after workers in South Carolina uncovered a radioactive wasp nest. Employees conducting routine radiation ...

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AIKEN — Three more wasp nests contaminated with radioactivity have been discovered at the Savannah River Site, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. The first nest was discovered July 3 on a ...

Four radioactive wasp nests may indicate previously undetected environmental contamination at the decades-old Savannah River Site. Here’s what to know. By Emily Anthes Four radioactive wasp nests have ...

AIKEN, S.C. (WCBD) – A radioactive wasp nest was recently found in South Carolina, according to a report from the Department of Energy. The report says Radiological Control Operations at the Savannah ...