Chernobyl

Home News The Chernobyl storage facility, which contains the radioactive fallout of the reactor, could be accidentally breached by the fighting. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Editor's note: Originally posted at 12:17 p.m. EST and updated at 2:42 p.m. EST on Feb. 24 to include new key information about the invasion into…

Topline Russian forces quickly moved to seize control of the Chernobyl nuclear site after invading Ukraine Thursday, sounding alarms from Ukrainian officials about the possibility of an "ecological disaster" like the one that occurred there in 1986—here's what we know about Russia's targeting of the site. A sign warns of…

NOTPETYA IS A nasty name for the world’s vilest computer attack. Embedded in an innocuous piece of tax software, the virus, which the American government said had the Kremlin’s fingerprints all over it, struck Ukraine in June 2017, knocking out federal agencies, transport systems, cash machines—even the radiation monitors at…

The Gilded Age will be back for a second go-round. HBO has renewed the praised period drama from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes for a second season. The series’ January 24 premiere was HBO’s best Monday night debut since Chernobyl. The nine-episode drama series stars an ensemble cast of Carrie…

Ukraine has begun conducting urban warfare training drills for national guard, nurses, and other first responders in the wake of a possible attack from Russia. The Ukrainian training is taking place inside the Chernobyl disaster zone. The drills are reportedly taking place in Pripyat, according to the Kyiv Independent. Pripyat…

Home References The Ferris wheel in Prypiat, situated inside the exclusion zone. (Image credit: Volodymyr Tarasov/ Ukrinform/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is one of the most radioactive places in the world. On April 26, 1986, a disastrous meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine…

Next Generation Chernobyl Horror  Prepare to delve into the horrors of Chernobyl on a quest to save your love. Now coming to next-gen consoles. That’s right developer The Farm 51’s sci-fi, horror, RPG, Chernobylite, is coming to next gen consoles in April of 2022. A press release about the transition…

By Mark Hunter 2 days agoMon Jan 24 2022 09:00:38 Reading Time: 2 minutes Bitcoin has broken a trendline dating back to November 2015 The trendline, which was otherwise inly broken during the black swan of March 2020, has historical significance This break suggests that a new market cycle is…

NEW YORK (AP) — For two years, coronavirus case counts and hospitalizations have been widely used barometers of the pandemic’s march across the world. But the omicron wave is making a mess of the usual statistics, forcing news organizations to rethink the way they report such figures. “It’s just a…

Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl is the next hotly anticipated entry in the Stalker franchise. The game is releasing 13 years after the last entry in the series, and it’s making its debut on consoles as an Xbox Series X exclusive. To get you up to date on the post-apocalyptic…