Fires and smoke foul the air. Toxins seep into the earth and water. Habitats for wildlife disappear. Experts call it ecocide.

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.

But war was a scenario its engineers never envisioned. A Ukrainian air defense unit illuminating a hole in the steel shield at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant last month. The fire started by the ...

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has said that work to tackle the smouldering fires in the insulation layers of Chernobyl's giant shelter has been completed, three weeks after it was struck by a ...

The estimated damages caused by Russia’s aerial attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure after three years of war are more ...

If you have cancer, you might see a doctor who specializes in radiation oncology. It's an area of medicine that uses "radiation therapy" -- a treatment that focuses high-energy waves on your body ...

following the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Radiation levels on the sandbags’ surface are as high as 4.4 sieverts per hour, which means “humans can die if they approach” them ...

Ukraine war latest: Putin wants to make Russian army bigger than America's with largest conscription drive in years Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's largest conscription drive in 14 years. His ...

The best movies on Max reflect some of the best that mainstream streaming services have to offer. That’s because it used to be called HBO Max, and we all like HBO. Now it’s just Max, but the ...