Chernobyl

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A nuclear expert has dismissed Vladimir Putin’s latest military boast as a ‘propaganda ploy’ to strike up fear of World War Three. Putin issued a chilling warning to the West that Russia…

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KYIV - The site of Ukraine’s defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant – partially destroyed in a 1986 meltdown – lost power on Oct 1 after Russia shelled a nearby substation, Kyiv said. The UN’s atomic energy watchdog said the blackout affected the confinement structure housing the plant’s damaged reactor core, and…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on October 1 accused Russia of intentionally creating a risk of nuclear incidents after a drone attack cut off power to the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power station for three hours. More than 20 drones took part in the attack on the nearby town of Slavutych, cutting…

A viral image showing tourists perched on a claw once used in the Chernobyl clean-up has caused alarm online, with many questioning whether the group exposed themselves to lethal levels of radiation. The photo, widely shared on social media this week, has reignited debate over the safety of visiting the…

The site has been dormant for decades Entrance to the asbestos factory in Rochdale, formerly home to the Turner Brothers company (Image: LDRS) There has been more movement on the old asbestos factory in Rochdale that has been abandoned for years. The old Turner Brothers factory, off Spod Road, is…

Engine upgrade and much more by Robert Ramsey Tue, 10pm STALKER developer GSC Game World has reiterated its intentions to bring a long list of improvements to STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl before the year is out. It's highly likely that these enhancements will arrive around the same time as…

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…