After the Chernobyl nuclear accident, scientists wondered whether the dogs living in the area are undergoing rapid evolution, ...

It's well known that too much exposure to radiation is hazardous to living organisms like humans, but nudging along evolution ...

A new theory on the Chernobyl disaster could shed fresh light on the world’s worst nuclear accident. In an article published in the journal Nuclear Technology, scientists argue that the first of two ...

Radioactive dust and particles could escape from the damaged Reactor 4 if the disaster site is hit by another missile.

Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield ...

Chernobyl’s ecosystems seem to be recovering just 19 years after the region was badly contaminated with radiation from a nuclear meltdown. Researchers, who presented the results of suverys around old ...

Despite the finding, the authorities have been unable to fix the damage from a drone that punctured Reactor No. 4’s outermost protective shield in February. By Kim Barker Each day of war risks a ...

Exactly 33 years after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, the name "Chernobyl" is still synonymous with disaster. And still, people are fascinated by the mystery of what exactly happened that ...

Thirty years after the world’s worst nuclear accident, the Chernobyl power plant is surrounded by both desolation and clangorous activity, the sense of a ruined past and a difficult future. The plant ...

On April 28, 1986, the government of the Soviet Union grudgingly acknowledged a serious nuclear accident, two days before, at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine. An explosion during ...

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine >> Thirty-six years after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday that Russian troops risked causing an accident with ...