Mayya Gil had been walking across Cropsey Avenue in front of her apartment in Bensonhurst near 24th Avenue around 12:40 p.m.

Researchers collected soil and ash after the 2020 wildfires in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Chemical tests suggested that ...

Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been travelling regularly to the city since 2002. He is now publishing his second book on ...

Chernobyl dogs do show ‘dramatic’ genetic differences – but not because of radiation - New study has implications for our understanding of nuclear radiation exposure effects on populations ...

A black fungus that's growing in Chernobyl's infamous No. 4 nuclear reactor is absorbing some of its radiation as part of its ...

Chernobyl’s reactor meltdown remains history’s worst nuclear disaster. The initial explosion killed two facility workers on April 26, 1986, but at least another 28 people succumbed to acute ...

Mayya Gil, a 95-year-old New York City resident who was originally from Ukraine, was killed after she was struck by a truck ...

In the popular imagination, nuclear power plants conjure fears of catastrophic explosions and radiation leaks, such as the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine in 1986. In reality, hundreds of reactors ...

Mayya Gil, a 95-year-old New Yorker who survived the Nazi invasion of Ukraine, the Chernobyl disaster, and the COVID-19 ...

On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear disaster since World War II decimated Chernobyl in the Soviet Union. Nearly 40 years ...

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 was a pivotal moment ... attempt to drain the steam suppression pools beneath the fourth reactor building. The following games let you step into the shoes ...