"Dogs at Chernobyl are now genetically distinct … thanks to years of exposure to ionizing radiation, study finds." ...

Geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe underscore the urgency of addressing the climate and radiological consequences of a regional nuclear conflict. Even a small-scale nuclear conflict at the ...

At 1:23 am on April 26, 1986, a routine safety test at one of ...

Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the effects of the world’s worst nuclear accident are still being felt.

Mary Alice Glen had long wondered why cancer was so prevalent among her family and friends. Last fall, she learned the government might have played a role.

Looking at formerly top secret communication between the KGB and Stasi, it is clear that despite publicly insisting everything was under control, both intelligence agencies knew the explosion was ...

Photographs from the first days of the Chernobyl disaster and of the aftermath years later show the response, the evacuation ...

This is a hypothetical scenario, not a prediction. Survival in a nuclear war would not depend simply on which continent ...

It is 40 years ago today since an explosion ripped through Reactor 4 at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, causing the ...

The world's worst nuclear disaster began 40 years ago at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, when Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear ...