This Chornobyl fungus thrives in radioactivity and eats radiation
Researchers suspect this fungus could help us with space exploration.
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Radioactive Chernobyl black frogs show evolution in action
Research on Chernobyl frogs has shown that the ionising radiation caused by the accident triggered a process of natural selection ...
Ukraine seizes spirit made from apples grown near the Chernobyl nuclear site
The company hopes to get it soon on the UK market.
Chernobyl in photos — what does the exclusion area look like 35 years after the disaster?
Some of our favorite photos from the ghost town Pripyat and the nuclear plant exclusion zone.
The Chernobyl Disaster — 35 Years Since our Worst Nuclear Tragedy
A look at what really happened at Chernobyl, what it looks like now, and what the effects of this tragedy ...
Remember Chernobyl? A new waterway could bring nuclear runoff back to the surface
The waterway would fo from Poland to Ukraine and it would be Europe's longest one
Chernobyl has turned into a thriving habitat for hundreds of species
The environmental pressure generated by humans is larger than a nuclear explosion -- a revealing vision of the type of ...
Chernobyl is transforming into a massive solar plant — and it’s almost done
There's some poetic justice in having Chernobyl once again produce energy -- but this time, from the Sun.
Radioactive boars spark concern in Sweden
Boars will be boars -- radioactive or not.
China is building a huge solar plant at Chernobyl
When one door closes, another one opens.
New high-tech shelter reminds us that Chernobyl is still deadly, thirty years after the meltdown
The new one is much better than the last one though.
Chernobyl is to become the world’s largest solar power plant
This huge area will finally produce energy -- 30 years after the meltdown.
Truffles found to be surprisingly resistant to radioactivity
Plants and mushrooms growing sometimes accumulate dangerous levels of radioactivity. But until now, this hasn't been confirmed for truffles, and ...
Wildlife flourishes in Chernobyl’s post-apocalyptic exclusion zone
In the wake of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion in 1987, hundreds of thousand had to move immediately without ...
A haunting view of Chernobyl, captured by aerial drones
For a 60 Minutes report that aired earlier this month, filmmaker Danny Cooke spent a week exploring abandoned cities Chernobyl ...
Trees in Chernobyl aren’t dying and this is a problem
Fallen trees in Chernobyl's Red Forest. Photo: T.A.Mousseau & A.P. Møller Some thirty years after Chernobyl's nuclear plant meltdown that ...
Engineers try to seal Chernobyl with a giant arch
Chernobyl is still one of the most radioactive places on the face of the Earth, and authorities are working on ...
Particle accelerator can transmute radioactive waste and drastically lower half-life decay
A schematic of the MYRRHA (Multi-purpose hYbrid Research Reactor for High-tech Applications) concept allows for industrial scale treatment of nuclear ...
Japan raises nuclear crisis level to that of Chernobyl
Japan's nuclear crisis level has been regulated from level 5 to 7 by the International Atomic Energy Agency, at the ...
