Chernobyl

The Last of Us HBO Well, I had a feeling that a combination of HBO, Chernobyl writer Craig Mazin and game director Neil Druckmann would all combine to create a solid adaptation of The Last of Us as a big-budget TV show, and turns out, that’s exactly what’s happened. Reviews…

Common split-gill (Schizophyllum commune). Credit: Bernard Spragg/ Public Domain Among domestic mushroom pickers in Germany it goes without saying that many edible mushrooms in our forests are still contaminated with radionuclides as a result of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Less well known is that mushrooms can also accumulate other…

If the wait to watch HBO's adaptation of The Last of Us wasn't long enough already, the network has shared a new trailer for the upcoming series ahead of its January 15th release date. Clocking in at almost two-and-a-half minutes long, the clip offers our best look yet at the…

Thirty percent of Ukrainian power still outEU vows to help Ukraine overcome energy shortagesGermany to recognise Soviet-era famine as genocideKYIV, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Ukrainian authorities on Friday gradually restored power, aided by the reconnection of the country's four nuclear plants, but millions of people were still in the dark…

Extremes of the color gradient of the Eastern San Antonio frog (Hyla orientalis). On the left, a specimen captured in Chernobyl inside the high contamination zone; on the right, a specimen captured outside the Exclusion Zone. Credit: Germán Orizaola/Pablo Burraco, CC BY The largest release of radioactive material into the…

Extremes of the colour gradient of the Eastern San Antonio frog (Hyla orientalis). On the left, a specimen captured in Chernobyl inside the high contamination zone; on the right, a specimen captured outside the Exclusion Zone. Credit: Germán Orizaola/Pablo Burraco, CC BY The accident at reactor four of the Chernobyl…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A mission from the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant next week after it was temporarily knocked offline and more shelling was reported in the area overnight, Ukrainian officials said Friday. Fire damage to a transmission line at…

NIKOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians are once again anxious about the fate of a nuclear power plant in a land that was home to the world’s worst atomic accident in 1986 at Chernobyl — and alarm only increased Thursday when the plant operator said the facility has been cut off…

The Ukrainian Games Festival is currently being hosted on Steam. This festival is being presented by Indie Cup, with the support of the Ukrainian Indie Developers community. Here, you will find broadcasts for a variety of games made by Ukrainian developers, as well as deals on titles such as The…

WARSAW – It is a nightmare scenario: clouds of radioactive contamination spreading high into the atmosphere and sweeping hundreds of miles across Europe after munitions strike a nuclear reactor in Ukraine. As the world scrambles to respond to the environmental crisis, accusations of deliberate sabotage fly back and forth, setting…