What Radiation Actually Does to the Human Body

On April 26, 1986, a routine safety test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant spiraled into the worst nuclear disaster in history. But the explosion wasn't caused by a single mistake—it was a series of catastrophic mistakes.

The reactor at the center of the Chernobyl disaster was one of the most powerful machines ever built. But it contained a series of design flaws that made it uniquely vulnerable under the wrong conditions.

In 1957 West Germany, a covert plot unfolds as operatives develop a lethal mist designed to eliminate a target without leaving a trace, risking escalation during the Cold War.

A single miscommunicated announcement set history in motion. Discover how confusion at a press conference helped bring down the Berlin Wall.