On April 26, 1986, disaster struck the small Ukrainian-Belarusian border town of Chernobyl, (then part of the Soviet Union) when a series of steam explosions led to a nuclear meltdown. The apocalyptic ...
When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists expected the surrounding land to remain uninhabitable for centuries. The accident released large amounts of radioactive material into ...
Morning Overview on MSN
Chernobyl’s mutant wolves evolved cancer resistance to survive the fallout
In the radioactive forests around Chernobyl, gray wolves have done what humans cannot: they have adapted to chronic radiation in ways that appear to blunt their cancer risk. Far from collapsing, their ...
The mutant wolves of Chernobyl have genetically evolved enough to be protected against cancer.
Scientists find that Chernobyl's grey wolves have evolved cancer-resilient genomes despite high radiation levels. This discovery could pave the way for breakthrough human cancer treatments.
Hosted on MSN
Chernobyl’s Dogs Are Mutating Faster Than Anyone Expected: What Radiation Is Really Doing to Their DNA
Decades after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, hundreds of free-roaming dogs are thriving around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (CNPP). Now, scientists have revealed that these animals are not ...
Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.
Hide inaccessible results