Growing up can be tough. You might imagine it would be even tougher in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), the roughly 1,000 square mile expanse of northern Ukraine left contaminated by the 1986 ...
After the Chernobyl nuclear accident, scientists wondered whether the dogs living in the area are undergoing rapid evolution, but the results are complicated.
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Chernobyl dogs are evolving fast, with DNA changes no one expected
The stray dogs that roam the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have become unlikely protagonists in a scientific debate about how life ...
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Why Bavaria’s Boars Are More Radioactive Than Chernobyl’s Wolves
Wild boars roaming the forests of Bavaria have become the focus of a scientific mystery: in some cases, they carry higher ...
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Mold Is Feasting on Radiation in Chernobyl’s Abandoned Nuclear Plants
Learn more about this mold’s ability to withstand high levels of radiation and how it could prove useful to astronauts looking to build long-term bases on Mars.
For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed ...
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