Nearly 40 years after the disaster, Cladosporium sphaerospermum not only survives lethal radiation levels but appears to grow ...

When a nuclear disaster struck Chernobyl in 1986, it turned a bustling Soviet city into a ghost town by forcing residents to ...

Netflix 5-part thriller ‘Radioactive Emergency’ dramatizes the real-life 1987 Goiânia Cesium-137 incident. The Netflix series ...

The 26th of this month marks the 40th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident that plunged the world into fear.

Scientists have been stunned to find a strange, pitch‑black fungus thriving inside one of the most radioactive buildings on ...

In a powerful symbol of resilience, Ukraine is working to turn the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and the nearby city of Slavutych into international tourism and education centers. The goal is to preserve ...

Between changing risk perceptions and new equipment developed to cope with extreme hazards, these major disasters have had a ...

Italy abandoned nuclear power after Chernobyl and Fukushima. Now, rising energy demand and geopolitics are forcing a rethink.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drone damage to the protective shield around a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has rendered it unable to ...

On the 39th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, The Athletic’s Richard Sutcliffe recalls a visit to the nearby town of Pripyat, once home to a proud and ambitious football club, ...

7 years after Chernobyl, HBO Max's new Fukushima documentary film has emerged as the platform's number one hit domestically.