This picture taken on April 5, 2020, shows a person holding a Geiger counter at the scene of a forest fire at a 30-kilometer (19-mile) Chernobyl exclusion zone, not far from the nuclear power plant. - ...

Radiation levels surged 17 times higher than normal this week near the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine, as forest fires tore through the disaster area, officials said. Ukraine’s emergency ...

We climbed 16 flights of slippery, icy stairs in an abandoned apartment building — the iron railings long ago pilfered, balcony doors stuck open — until we reached the roof and peered over the ghost ...

This Russian Geiger Counter casemod (technically an Ion Detector) won’t let you know if you’re standing waist deep in nuclear radiation, but flick the power switch and the meter jumps to life, letting ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Geiger counters are used to detect and measure levels of radioactivity. Scientists invented the ...

We climbed 16 flights of slippery, icy stairs in an abandoned apartment building — the iron railings long ago pilfered, balcony doors stuck open — until we reached the roof and peered over the ghost ...

When most Americans plan vacations, they don’t think about radioactive zones. Yet, Chernobyl tourism has become something much deeper. I’ve walked those empty streets myself. It felt like stepping ...