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![Worms as seen under a microscope](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w8mBEaNs38qUcdXKiKTjf3-320-80.jpg)
Chernobyl worms appear unaffected by radiation from world's worst nuclear disaster
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Microscopic worms in Chernobyl remain unscathed despite having been long exposed to radiation.
![A tree amid a raging wildfire.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4M47VWDBTFJaJkKrCwvZfH-320-80.jpg)
Doomsday Clock hovers at 90 seconds to midnight for 2nd year in a row
By Sascha Pare published
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists cited the threat of nuclear escalation in Ukraine, climate change and disruptive technologies as reasons to keep the clock at 90 seconds to midnight.
![The skeleton of a woman who was buried with elaborate neck rings as well as rings around her arms.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jiFnjwAAQL6jhwFw6W9fCd-320-80.jpg)
1,000-year-old cemetery with dead wearing dramatic rings on their necks and buckets on their feet found in Ukraine
By Owen Jarus published
The discovery of a cemetery in Ukraine from a millennium ago has revealed axes, swords, jewelry and, unexpectedly, buckets around the feet of some of the dead.
![We see a man in a hat in a dirt hole and holding onto part of a rusty, decayed plane.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mfLYJhScEcD6YRz3haKzTB-320-80.jpg)
Metal detectorists find buried WWII aircraft in Ukraine while disarming wartime bomb
By Tom Metcalfe published
The aircraft were sent to the Soviet Union in 1941 to help the Allied war effort, but they were dumped to avoid payment.
![An artist's illustration of NASA's RHESSI satellite](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RDSqvQmug7XEZHhpJs7PpQ-320-80.jpg)
NASA satellite crash not source of mysterious flash of light above Ukraine capital, agency claims
By Ben Turner published
A blinding flash of light set off air raid alerts across Ukraine’s capital city. Officials at first thought it was a falling NASA satellite, but the space agency has said it isn’t.
![An X-ray image of the unexploded grenade, lodged just below the soldier's heart.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gZsSnD297Ydf3UfGpBBVAT-320-80.png)
Doctors risked their own lives to remove a live grenade from a Ukrainian soldier's chest
By Rebecca Sohn published
The surgeons had to refrain from using common procedures that could have detonated the grenade.
![Mummy coffins on display in part in the permanent Egyptian collection and also part of the 'Queens of the Nile' Exhibition held at the National Museum of Antiquities or Rijksmuseum van Oudheden on November 30, 2016 in Leiden, Netherlands. With 350 prized Egyptian pieces, including royal portraits, statues of deities, sophisticated jewellery, amulets and precious utensils, plus the sarcophagus and grave goods of Queen Nefertari, from the Museo Egizio in Turin. This is the first time that such a large exhibition on the queens of Egypt has been organised in the Netherlands.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qqXSxbYheZ28veJR7zQyh8-320-80.jpg)
5 stunning archaeological discoveries that may finally be unearthed in 2023
By Owen Jarus published
Here are five predictions about what archaeologists may dig up in 2023.
![Night sky over Kyiv, Ukraine, 2020.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jRhPXnyHq9rNuKbZzzwnji-320-80.jpg)
Are there really UFOs flying over Ukraine?
By Brandon Specktor published
A recent report about pitch-black "phantom" UFOs in the skies over Ukraine has been discredited by the Ukrainian government and by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb.
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