When the Chernobyl reactor exploded, radiation was so deadly it could kill in minutes. Yet one pilot was ordered to fly directly over the burning nuclear core and drop a massive probe with impossible ...

Denis Fougerouse is affiliated with the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences and The Institute for Geoscience Research at Curtin University. He receives funding from the Australian Research Council.

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed ...