Chernobyl Fungus Seems to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability (www.sciencealert.com)

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how the aliens survive spaceflight

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[-] DoubleDongle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

We need some of that shit growing in our space stations. And maybe we could use to give some of its genes to ourselves to help survive out there

[-] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Can that work? Radiation damages genes in unpredictable ways because its wavelength is smaller than the dna itself, right? How might that work for something more complex than fungi?

[-] m3t00@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

good idea. radiation shielding

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