UNCOVERED: 8 - The Untold Story

Ann Barrett obituary

Oncologist and authority on paediatric radiotherapy who championed a multidisciplinary, holistic approach

The Guardian - UK · May 5

Thinner than a hair and stretchy like rubber: New material could shield against radiation in next-gen space tech

Scientists have developed a new material that could shield humans and critical technology from harmful radiation.

Space · May 1

Photography student sends film into space – and ends up capturing the very essence of the universe

Photography student Tom Liggett sent film to 120,000 ft in a hot-air balloon, where cosmic radiation from black holes “billions of light-years away” burned abstract patterns

Digital Camera World · Apr 30

‘He refused to say that there was no radiation and no danger to the population'

The events of 26 April, 1986, changed the lives of millions of Ukrainians, and people beyond Ukraine’s borders, when Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant underwent a catastrophic failure during a safety test. RFI spoke with Dr Andrei Kindzelski, son of Professor Leonid Kindzelski, chief radiologist of the…

Radio France Internationale · Apr 26

Despite Russia’s war, one Ukrainian city still gathers for midnight Chernobyl vigil

Ukrainians gathered in the city of Slavutych to remember those affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 40 years ago

The Independent UK · Apr 26

Inside Chornobyl: 40 years after disaster, nuclear site still at risk in Russia’s war

In February 2025, a cheap Russian drone tore through Chornobyl’s confinement shelter. Workers warn the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is not safe yet

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25

Ukrainians thought they had reduced the risks at Chernobyl. Then Russia invaded

The two explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant came decades apart

The Independent UK · Apr 25

Israeli PM Netanyahu reveals cancer diagnosis; underwent prostate surgery a year ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed he underwent treatment for an early-stage prostate cancer, diagnosed several months ago. He had surgery for an enlarged benign prostate over a year prior and recently completed radiation therapy for the malignant tumor, which doctors say has disappeared. The disclosure follows his annual medical…

The Times of India · Apr 24

Chernobyl’s exclusion zone is a beacon of biodiversity – but it faces new threats from Russia’s invasion

April 26 marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The accident caused the largest ever release of radioactive material into the environment, and at the time people predicted that the affected area would be rendered uninhabitable, devoid of life…

The Conversation · Apr 24

James Webb Space Telescope peers into a dying star surrounded by mysterious buckyballs: 'The structures we're seeing now are breathtaking'

The James Webb Space Telescope captured the first detailed images of planetary nebula Tc 1, revealing new details of what happens after a sun-like star dies.

Space · Apr 23