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TIL Fungi in Chernobyl appear to be feeding off gamma radiation and are growing towards the reactor core.

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TIL Fungi in Chernobyl appear to be feeding off gamma radiation and are growing towards the reactor core.

thebiologist.rsb.org.uk

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Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year ago

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Eating gamma radiation for breakfast

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Tom Ireland explores the exciting possibilities of fungi that appear to use deadly radiation for energy and growth

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I, for one, welcome our new radioactive fungal overlords.
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  They’re not so bad. I know one, real fungi.