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By May 4, 2021
Science

Ultra-powerful X-rays are helping physicists understand Chernobyl

Researchers may soon be able to harness X-rays to analyze tiny grains of impenetrable nuclear waste.
By Nov 22, 2016
Science

A tsunami near Fukushima rattled Japan, but damage is minimal

Shaking loose recent memories
By May 1, 2016
Science

Fall(out) Guy Part 12

It's time to cleanup some radioactive fallout!
Feb 23, 2016
Energy

Fukushima: Five Years Later

Japan is still cleaning up one of the world's worst nuclear disasters. Here's how far it has come—and how far it has yet to go.
By Jul 1, 2015
Technology

Scorpion Robot Will Venture Into Fukushima Next Month

The little scorpion that could?
By Jul 25, 2014
Science

Fukushima Monkeys Have Fewer Blood Cells Than Monkeys Elsewhere, Study Finds

But, as with many nuclear-disaster health studies, the findings, and what they mean, are controversial.
By Mar 29, 2013
Technology

Google Street View Shows Abandoned Fukushima Town

Google worked with the town's mayor to show the world a place that hasn't been able to recover from the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.
By Dec 31, 2012
Science

How The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Made Kids Fat

Kids in Fukushima are now the most overweight in Japan. Here's why.
By Aug 14, 2012
Science

Mutant Butterflies are Turning Up in Japan’s Nuclear Disaster Zone

The first serious indications of the ecosystem impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan are in, and they’re troubling. … Continued
By Jul 17, 2012
Science

Chernobyl Now

Are nuclear disasters the new normal?