Pripyat was once a thriving Soviet “atom city,” built for the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear plant. Then disaster struck — and the entire population was evacuated in just three hours, leaving ...
When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists expected the surrounding land to remain uninhabitable for centuries. The accident released large amounts of radioactive material into ...
Scientists find that Chernobyl's grey wolves have evolved cancer-resilient genomes despite high radiation levels. This ...