Chernobyl Bird Brains 5% Smaller

Scientists have discovered some disturbing new about the still-lingering effects of the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster: Birds born in the radiated region have brains 5% smaller than normal. “Even exposure to relatively low levels” of radiation 25 years after the accident “can have profound effects on the species that live…

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Chernobyl Bird Brains 5% Smaller

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