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Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability (www.sciencealert.com)
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"That fungus is called Cladosporium sphaerospermum, and some scientists think its dark pigment – melanin – may allow it to harness ionizing radiation through a process similar to the way plants harness light for photosynthesis. This proposed mechanism is even referred to as radiosynthesis."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39553283 https://libretechni.ca/post/483480

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[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

And the high-range dosimeter from the safe burned out immediately. It must have been faulty!

[-] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Funniest/saddest moment from that miniseries was when their officials have the West the propaganda numbers to build the robot. Fucking lol...

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

“West Germany, though, so you can imagine how that conversation went.”

[-] Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't know it for sure, but I understood that the Germans built a robot capable of withstanding the propaganda number not explicitly for the Russians. It just happens to withstand those, but not the real numbers...

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