Chernobyl

It's been described as looking like an eerie scene from a post apocalyptic film, a beastly place where vandalism, drug addiction and prostitution were rife in every nook and cranny. These days, the infamous run down Clune Estate in Port Glasgow is strangely quieter but that's only because the ghost town…

Are the dogs of Chernobyl evolving right in front of us? That’s a question some scientists have been asking in new research that has been keeping tabs on the wild animals roaming around the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ). Ever since the Chernobyl disaster in the 1980s, scientists have been keeping…

Ingrida Domarkienė, pictured above, and her team at Vilnius University in Lithuania conduct research on ancient DNA. (Image credit: Photo by Indrė Mažeikienė, Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine) Ingrida Domarkienė studies ancient DNA, weaving together fragments of genetic material from modern humans and our long-extinct human relatives to retell their…

CHORNOBYL: Ukraine is seeking solutions to repair the damage caused by a Russian drone attack to the confinement vessel at the stricken Chornobyl nuclear power plant, a government minister said on Saturday. Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Svitlana Hrynchuk was speaking outside the decommissioned station during the inauguration…

By Charles Kennedy - Feb 28, 2025, 10:00 AM CST Italy has approved a proposal to draft laws for the return of nuclear power generation, focusing on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). This move comes after Italy halted nuclear reactors following a 1987 referendum. The government aims to finalize plans and…

Disney About a year ago, producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed that two different “Pirates of the Caribbean” films were in the works: one to be a straight-up reboot with a whole new cast and the other a female-centric film with Margot Robbie slated to lead. One of those was penned by…

Foreign Affairs State of the Union: Moscow denied responsibility for the incident at the 1986 nuclear accident site. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday that an armed Russian drone struck and pierced the exterior protective shell over the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.  Subscribe Today Get daily emails…

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This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Emergency Service on February 14, 2025 shows the New Safe Confinement (NSC), which protects the remains of reactor 4 of the former Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant following a drone attack on its cover built to contain radiation. — AFP KYIV: Ukraine's President Volodymyr…

This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Emergency Service on February 14, 2025 shows the New Safe Confinement (NSC), which protects the remains of reactor 4 of the former Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant following a drone attack on its cover built to contain radiation. — AFP KYIV: Ukrainian President…