The Stewards of Chernobyl Are Passing Mutations Down to Their Children

The DNA of Chernobyl cleanup workers showed mutations caused by radiation that were also evident in the genes of their ...
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Bears now roam the Chernobyl dead zone - and the mutations are hard to ignore

After the Chernobyl reactor exploded in 1986, deadly radiation spread through the surrounding forests, killing animals, ...
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DNA Mutations Found in Children of Chernobyl Workers

The DNA damage from ionizing radiation (IR) erupting from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 is showing up in the children of those originally exposed, researchers have found – the first time such ...
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The Resilience of Life: How Chernobyl’s “Mutant” Wildlife Is Rewriting the Rules of Survival

Homeless wild dog in old radioactive zone in Pripyat city - abandoned ghost town after nuclear disaster. Chernobyl exclusion zone.© Sergiy Romanyuk/Shutterstock.com An area of about 1,000 square miles ...
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Fallout From Chernobyl Might Be Creating A New Kind Of Dog

Dogs are humanity's best friend, and this is partially because we've bred them to better suit our preferences and needs. The Alaskan Malamute and Komondor, for example, were intentionally bred to ...
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The Stewards of Chernobyl Are Passing Mutations Down to Their Children

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." About an hour and a half past midnight on April 26, 1986, an unexpected power surge coursed through a ...