Although the subject matter might have kept some skittish audiences away, viewers who have tuned in toChernobyl, HBO’s five-part miniseries about the 1986 nuclear disaster, have loved the show — calling it one of the most intense and scariest series in years. And that feedback has been bo...
X A scene from Chernobyl on HBO. I was 18 years old in 1986 when the whole Chernobyl thing went down. If you think the anti-Russian sentiment in the United States is at a fever pitch today, it’s nothing compared to what it was in the...
Whether Chernobyl remains in the top 10 after its finale airs remains to be seen, but it could be a while before the HBO miniseries is dethroned. Chernobyl airs Fridays on HBO. Learn Something New Every Day Subscribe for free to Inverse’s award-winning daily newsletter! Submit By subscribing...
However, the Achilles’ heel here is the safe disposal of used radioactive fuels and the widespread fear of nuclear mishaps. What happened at the Chernobyl reactor decades ago has left mankind shaken to this day. One incident of a reactor meltdown and entire acres of land were rendered uninha...
it is impossible to know when or if it will undergo radioactive decay and become a single atom of thorium-231. However, when observing a million atoms of uranium-235, it is an accurate statistical probability to say that half of the atoms will have alpha decayed within 703 million years!
1 year ago Yes, I'm a gamer. Yes, The Last Of Us is my favorite single game of all time. But... they really, really nailed that first episode. And, when it came to THAT scene (you know the one), I didn't expect it to happen, but I got all the feels all ...