The Chernobyl site contains several nuclear ... world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986 - on Thursday, Ukraine said. Radiation levels increased about 20-fold on Thursday, monitoring stations ...

Shutterstock Photo It seems like the sci-fi movies were not too far off. Many of those films feature some dystopian universe ...

A man suffered from devastating health consequences after coming he came into contact with the 'most dangerous object in the ...

A fungus at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has adapted to 'feed' on levels of radiation that would be lethal to most life forms. Cladosporium sphaerospermum is a highly resilient ...

This unique fungus, ... [+] discovered in Chernobyl's radioactive zones, has the rare ability to harness radiation for growth. This fungus has adapted to a level of radiation that would be lethal ...

The radiation-related situation on the territory of Belarus remained normal throughout 2024, and is such now as well – as noted by ...

First, the research team collected nematodes from various locations within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The radiation levels at the collection sites were measured with a Geiger counter and ranged ...

Stray dogs living in Chernobyl have evolved to withstand deadly radiation flooding the area almost forty years on from the nuclear catastrophe, a new study has revealed. The so-called 'radiation ...

The Chernobyl disaster zone is a deeply mysterious location and has made for an excellent setting for many intense and ...

Despite the fact that the town of Dytyatky was ravaged by the fallout from the 1986 nuclear disaster and still has high levels of radiation ... Now the land near Chernobyl is our home.” ...

Dogs living near the nuclear disaster site in Chernobyl in Ukraine are evolving and have mutated to develop a new superpower: An apparent immunity to radiation, heavy metals and pollution.

They theorised that the darker pigmentation, linked to a mutation in melanin, helped neutralise radiation. Could the same be true for Chernobyl’s dogs? While the study offers a starting point ...