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Science & Health

2 months ago

The Mystery Of Chernobyl’s Wild Horses

Germán Orizaola

Sci-Fi Cult Arson Suspected As Wildfires Near Chernobyl Create World’s Worst Air Pollution

Science & Health

3 months ago

Sci-Fi Cult Arson Suspected As Wildfires Near Chernobyl Create World’s Worst Air Pollution

Yessenia Funes

Two Of Chernobyl’s Largest Wildfires On Record Are Out

Science & Health

3 months ago

Two Of Chernobyl’s Largest Wildfires On Record Are Out

Yessenia Funes

More than a week has passed since two major fires broke out inside Chernobyl’s exclusion zone. They were inching closer to the shuttered power plant and the radioactive waste now disposed of on-site as hundreds of firefighter battled the blazes. As of Tuesday, however, the fires appear to be out.

This Is What The Chernobyl Wildfires Look Like From Space

Science & Health

3 months ago

This Is What The Chernobyl Wildfires Look Like From Space

Yessenia Funes

Radiation Around Chernobyl Is 16 Times Higher Than Normal After Forest Fires

Science & Health

3 months ago

Radiation Around Chernobyl Is 16 Times Higher Than Normal After Forest Fires

George Dvorsky

Fighting forest fires inside Chernobyl’s dreaded exclusion zone sounds awful, but that’s exactly what nearly 150 emergency responders had to contend with this past weekend, as a pair of blazes broke out near the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.

The Last Of Us Is Heading To HBO, Courtesy Of The Mind Behind Chernobyl

Entertainment

4 months ago

The Last Of Us Is Heading To HBO, Courtesy Of The Mind Behind Chernobyl

James Whitbrook

Fukushima’s Exclusion Zone Is Being Overtaken By Wild Animals

Science & Health

6 months ago

Fukushima’s Exclusion Zone Is Being Overtaken By Wild Animals

Brian Kahn

Chernobyl’s Infamous Reactor 4 Control Room Is Now Open To Tourists

Science & Health

9 months ago

Chernobyl’s Infamous Reactor 4 Control Room Is Now Open To Tourists

Tom McKay

The “highly radioactive” control room at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s Reactor 4 at the centre of the facility’s infamous 1986 catastrophe is open for tourists, so long as they wear a protective suit, helmet, and gloves while inside, CNN reported.