A black fungus that's growing in Chernobyl's infamous No. 4 nuclear reactor is absorbing some of its radiation as part of its ...

Sure, it may be bleak (The Last of Us was adapted from the video game by Craig Mazin, who wrote Chernobyl, so the grimness tracks), but there are moments of great humanity in this story about Ellie ...

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Getty A 95-year-old woman — who had survived the Nazi invasion of Ukraine, the Chernobyl disaster and the COVID-19 pandemic — died after she was struck by a truck while crossing the street.

HBO released Chernobyl, a miniseries that received rave reviews for its chilling portrayal of one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. Beyond the technical failures, the series exposes how ...

In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union, now in Ukraine, exploded, spewing massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment. Almost four decades later, the stray ...

Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but these variations do not appear to stem from radioactivity-induced mutations.

While filming a documentary in Northern Ireland, a team of scientists discovered a new fungus that appears to manipulate ...

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 was a pivotal moment which ultimately accelerated the collapse of the USSR, making it one of the most historically significant events in recent history.