Business Insider recently traveled to Pripyat, a city in northern Ukraine that was evacuated and abandoned after the ...

Since then, about 50 people have died from radiation sickness. That includes 28 workers and firefighters who were killed at the 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in what is now Ukraine.

Radiation exposure in the Chernobyl zone is up to six times higher than what is considered safe for humans. Over generations, the wolves have been exposed to this radiation, leading to the ...

"Exposure to isotopes of iodine give the thyroid more than 1,000 times the average dose to the rest of the body." It is thought that as many as five million people were exposed to some sort of health ...

away in Chernobyl city suggest that radiation exposure is having a profound effect. These dogs appear to be experiencing rapid evolutionary changes, with distinct genetic markers that set them ...

Within three months of the Chernobyl disaster, more than 30 people died of acute radiation sickness. Today, scientists estimate that tens, perhaps even hundreds, of thousands of people were ...

Chernobyl explores the aftermath and problem ... The realistic, gruesome results of the extreme radiation exposure that effects many unfortunate victims are recreated by the show’s talented ...

On April 26, 1986, Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl power plant experienced a sudden power surge, which led to a series of explosions. The ensuing fire and release of radioactive materials resulted in ...

The 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster prompted AP journalists ... Regional news media in Ukraine, Russia and even authoritarian Belarus also gave AP unusual exposure. For taking a ...