An abandoned ferris wheel in Pripyat, Ukraine, near the Chernobyl disaster site. Photo credit: Andrzej Karoń/Creative Commons Twenty-five years after the Chernobyl disaster, research is showing that prolonged exposure to the remaining low-dose radiation has a serious impact on wildlife in the region. New research has found that birds living near Chernobyl have, on average, a brain 5 percent s...
