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The no-go zone paradox: Chornobyl’s wildlife thrives amid pro-nuclear shift | Nuclear power

The no-go zone paradox: Chornobyl’s wildlife thrives amid pro-nuclear shift | Nuclear power

Forty years on from the world’s worst nuclear disaster, Chornobyl is still contaminated with almost half the caesium-137 that exploded from the Unit 4 reactor in 1986, as well other hazards such as plutonium, tritium and americium. But according to some experts, the long-term effects on nature may be less than if the area had been left to humans, resulting in unexpected consequences in an environment left to its own devices. The reminder of the protracted fallout from Chornobyl was made ahead of Sunday’s anniversary, which coincides with renewed lobbying for nuclear power and a rise in fears about atomic brinkmanship due to the oil crisis and wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. The latter conflict continues to threaten Chornobyl and make the contamination worse. It was revealed last month that the giant containment structure around the most radioactive area inside the defunct plant will need €500m (£434m) worth of repairs after a strike by a Russian drone. Wild Przewalski horses graze in a forest inside the Chornobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine. Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP …

‘Death of a Salesman’ at Noise Within disappoints, ‘The Price’ thrives

‘Death of a Salesman’ at Noise Within disappoints, ‘The Price’ thrives

When the world is topsy-turvy, the theatergoing public seeks explanations. Arthur Miller provides something better: moral intelligence. He doesn’t tell his audience what to think but challenges them to think harder. There’s clearly a hunger right now for Miller’s work. His plays are back in high demand in Los Angeles, New York and London. A new revival of “Death of a Salesman,” starring Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf, is in previews on Broadway. And a less starry production of Miller’s masterpiece opened last weekend at Pasadena’s A Noise Within. “All My Sons,” Miller’s breakthrough play about capitalism’s warped ethics in the guise of a domestic drama, just finished a successful run at Antaeus Theatre Company in Glendale. And National Theatre Live will screen the recent London production, starring Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste, in April and May courtesy of Boston Court Pasadena and L.A. Theatre Works. (Late last year, I caught a screening at the Wallis of another London revival, the 2019 production starring Bill Pullman and Sally Field.) Dana Dewes and Scott G. Jackson …

Secret Filming of Women Thrives in China as Officials Silence Activists

Secret Filming of Women Thrives in China as Officials Silence Activists

The women and girls are captured on hidden cameras as they use public or school bathrooms, undress in fitting rooms or relax at home. The footage is posted in anonymous online chat groups with as many as 100,000 members each, from all over China. In one group, people post nude or seminude photos of women they describe as their current or former wives or girlfriends. One recent message captioned “secretly taken photos of wife” includes pictures of a woman lounging in a nightgown, lying exposed from the waist down. The group’s members also barter explicit footage that they have taken of women in their lives. A vast trade in secretly filmed footage of Chinese women and girls has flourished, powered by the anonymity of Telegram, the availability of hidden cameras and the convenience of Chinese online payment apps. People share and trade photos and videos of their girlfriends, wives, relatives and acquaintances — a practice known in Chinese as “toupai chumai,” or “secret filming betrayal.” They also trade such footage of strangers. Globally, the spread …