The Dogs of Chernobyl Are Experiencing Rapid Evolution, Study Suggests

4 Ozarkian 3 6/8/2025, 6:22:39 PM popularmechanics.com ↗

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leakycap · 6h 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.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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gnabgib · 3h ago
(2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35410227

Discussion on the paper (166 points, 2023, 49 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35024160

meindnoch · 6h ago
I call bullshit. There's no radiation in Chernobyl and Pripyat outside of some isolated storage buildings where the workers dumped their gear.