Worms near Chernobyl develop new ‘superpower’

The Chornobyl nuclear power plant disaster in 1986 transformed the surrounding area into the most radioactive landscape on Earth.

While humans were evacuated, many plants and animals persist in the region, despite enduring high levels of radiation almost four decades later.

Recent research has revealed that certain animals within the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, an area in northern Ukraine within an 18.6-mile radius of the power plant, exhibit physical and genetic distinctions from their counterparts elsewhere.

This raises questions about the impact of chronic radiation on DNA, the Daily Mail reported.

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