Radiation affects air, soil, and water differently, and its behavior can even vary depending on the type of plant.

Prompt radiation is emitted within moments of a nuclear detonation. Radioactive particles deposited in soil, water and ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The protective radiation shelter for the Chernobyl nuclear power ...

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 ...

In the ruins of Chernobyl’s shattered reactors, something unexpected has taken root. Thick black mats of mold are thriving where radiation levels would shred human DNA, turning abandoned nuclear sites ...

On the walls of one of the most radioactive buildings on the planet, an organism survives where almost no form of life can ...

In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union, now in Ukraine, exploded, spewing massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment. Almost four decades later, the stray dogs ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With humans largely out of the picture, wildlife has returned to the once-settled Chernobyl area. Last year, researchers found ...

The radiation levels experienced by the frogs living in Chernobyl have not affected their age or their rate of aging. These two traits do not differ, in fact, between specimens captured in areas with ...

Built to cool Chernobyl's reactors, a 22-square-mile pond became a predator-free sanctuary where 200-pound wels catfish now ...