Chernobyl

Just over a week ago, I attended a major artificial intelligence conference in Zhongguancun, Beijing’s bustling high-tech district. It was packed with fascinating sessions touching on everything from recursive self-improvement—the idea that models can tweak their own code and advance indefinitely—to humanoid robots. And it featured a few legends of…

A red fox is spotted near the town of Chernobyl in 2022. (Image credit: Kateryna Korepanova) Camera traps from inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone reveal how the occupation of Russian forces at the site in February and March 2022 altered the behavior of wildlife living in the area. After the…

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Russian soldiers have been injured. 18:05, Fri, Jun 5, 2026 Updated: 18:55, Fri, Jun 5, 2026 ZaporizhzhIA Nuclear Power Plant (Image: Getty) A serious incident has been declared at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as the International Atomic Energy Agency warns of the risk of "nuclear accident." The warning is…

Tkachuk/Getty Images As we reach the 40-year milestone of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, few things have captured the public's angst and imagination quite like Chernobyl. In the intervening years, Chernobyl has lived in popular culture as a genre all its own, and has often served as a dystopian backdrop…

A fire covering at least five square miles burned through the exclusion zone around the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster on Friday after two drones crashed into the area By Andrea Thompson edited by Claire Cameron Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images Join Our Community of Science Lovers! A…

A drone has crashed in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, causing a fire that has spread to 12 square kilometres of land. Dry weather, strong winds and the presence of land mines are complicating efforts to bring the blaze under control...Read More

The huge fire has spread over 1,100 hectares. 08:52, Fri, May 8, 2026 Updated: 09:34, Fri, May 8, 2026 Chernobyl fire (Image: X) A huge forest fire has erupted in Chernobyl as the region is also gripped by fears of a new nuclear accident due to Russian strikes. A large…

Synopsis Forty years ago, a nuclear disaster struck Chernobyl. Women from Rivne Nuclear Power Plant were sent to cook for clean-up crews. They faced radiation and health problems. Food meant for workers was often wasted or contaminated. Some food was smuggled out. Decades later, these women fight for promised pensions.…