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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)
this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2023
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Melanin is how.
@Spacebar Would that mean that potentially people with high amounts of melanin in their skin would likely be safer during the aftermath of a nuclear accident/attack????
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You either want to be really far away from a nuclear explosion, or right next to it.