The bright orange Fiesta dishware that many Americans use and collect is “hot” — radioactive — and could be giving off enough radon gas to pose a significant health risk, a Massachusetts geologist ...

Published reports say that the student brought in a piece of old Fiesta dinnerware to show a teacher. Years ago, these plates were made with depleted uranium oxide. “This very clever student put ...

Vintage dishware of various types rest on a shelf in a thrift store - Robinolimb/Getty Images Collecting has always been a popular pastime with endless possibilities and one very prominent downside.

Andrew Brooks and Jake Adams wanted to use their science project to find out whether radioactivity — which has long been of interest to them — would affect how grass grows. But being eighth-graders at ...