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The Dogs of Chernobyl Are Experiencing Rapid Evolution, Study Suggests

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• leakycap 1y ago
  Popular Mechanics has lied too many times. The subhead of this article is: "Have the canines acquired strange mutations living near the power plant?" A quick search of reputatble sources shows, no: "Chornobyl dogs' genetic differences not due to mutation" according to North Carolina State University, https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250113134154.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250113134154.h... Summary: Radiation-induced mutation is unlikely to have induced genetic differences between dog populations in Chornobyl City and the nearby Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Date: January 13, 2025 Popular Mechanics should not be trusted.
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• meindnoch 1y ago
  I call bullshit. There's no radiation in Chernobyl and Pripyat outside of some isolated storage buildings where the workers dumped their gear.
  • IAmBroom 1y ago
    You call it correctly. As leakycap noted: "Popular Mechanics should not be trusted."
• gnabgib 1y ago
  (2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35410227 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35410227 Discussion on the paper (166 points, 2023, 49 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35024160 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35024160