Inside the ruined shell of reactor 4 at Chernobyl, where gamma radiation still spikes far above normal background levels, a strange life form has quietly taken hold. Thick, dark mats of fungus cling ...
Inside the shattered remains of Chernobyl’s Unit 4 reactor, where radiation levels can still kill a human in minutes, dark-pigmented fungi have been quietly thriving for decades. These organisms, rich ...
This dark discovery is breaking the mold. Scientists have discovered an unlikely ally in the battle to clean up Chernobyl’s radiation zones — the black mold that thrives in them. A research team found ...
"Dogs at Chernobyl are now genetically distinct … thanks to years of exposure to ionizing radiation, study finds." But the underlying science didn't actually show any genetic differences were caused ...
When the Chernobyl power plant explosion scattered ionizing radiation all over Europe, the damage it dealt lasted much longer than the initial blast. Researchers sequenced the genomes of Chernobyl ...
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Chernobyl’s wildlife: the real story isn’t the presence of radiation – it’s the absence of humans
They present a compelling story of radiation, mutation and survival against the odds. But the underlying science didn’t actually show any genetic differences were caused by radiation. The idea of ...
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