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Chernobyl: How scientists are keeping the radiation contained
Engineers at Chernobyl, Ukraine ... it was a herculean and heroic effort that largely managed to contain the radiation which hadn't been immediately released in the accident.
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What Do Chernobyl’s Black Frogs Tell Us About the Region’s Lasting Radiation?
Chernobyl has been devoid of any human residents since a nuclear meltdown in 1986 caused radiation levels to spike to un-survivable numbers. Since then, the area has become a de facto habitat for ...
Chernobyl’s Stray Dogs Are Genetically Distinct—But Radiation Isn’t the Reason
Dogs living near the Chernobyl nuclear plant aren’t radioactive mutants—but their genetic differences reveal a surprising story.
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This Black Fungus Might Be Healing Chernobyl By Drinking Radiation—A Biologist Explains
After the Chernobyl disaster, scientists observed patches of blackened growths on the walls of the No. 4 reactor—fungi that seemed to thrive where the radiation was highest. Cladosporium ...
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Chernobyl’s songbirds reveal nuclear radiation’s effects on wildlife
Researchers studied the songbirds of Chernobyl and uncovered the surprising impact that radiation has had on their diets and ...
The Dogs of Chernobyl May Not Be Mutating After All, One Study Claims
On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear disaster since World War II decimated Chernobyl in the Soviet Union. Nearly 40 years later, a lot has changed. Chernobyl, for one, is now within the borders of ...
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The Dogs of Chernobyl May Not Be Mutating After All, Study Claims
For nearly 40 years, the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) has been a laboratory for scientists to study the long-term effects of radiation exposure. One of the ongoing subjects in this unintentional ...