Chernobyl disaster

Jordan Dunbar travels to Chernobyl to explore events that caused the world's worst nuclear disaster and to understand what we can learn from them. A woman reflects on how Kent families helped children ...

In 1986, Chernobyl’s reactor blast forced residents to leave dogs behind; decades later, 302 dogs formed distinct genetic groups 15 km apart

A study of 302 Chernobyl dogs found distinct genetic populations near the nuclear plant and in Chernobyl City, about 15 km ...

In Kyiv, survivors of Chernobyl face Russian bombs: 'Chernobyl was an invisible enemy. War strikes in the open'

In the Ukrainian capital, the 'Chernobyl House' shelters survivors of the 1986 nuclear disaster, now confronted with Russian bombardments. A drone strike there killed Natalia Khodemchuk, widow of the ...
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Can Chernobyl Dogs Pass Genetic Mutations to Future Generations?

Scientists are investigating whether radiation from the Chernobyl disaster caused genetic changes in dogs living near the ...
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The Dogs of Chernobyl May Be Carrying a Nuclear Disaster Into the Next Generation. I Think We Need to Know the Truth.

New genetic clues could reveal what the 1986 disaster left inside stray dogs.
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America’s Chernobyl waiting to happen

Hidden in the deserts of southeastern Washington lies a place that many experts have described as America’s own Chernobyl ...