According to these articles, there’s life inside the Chernobyl reactors. A robot sent inside found several kinds of black fungi growing on the walls. It turns out that this fungi has adapted to use melanin to metabolize gamma radiation into energy, which is leading some to speculate that maybe skin cells make some small amount of energy in the same way.
The first thing I thought of was the Hulk, though. I guess that’s pretty sad.
Science A Go Go: Chernobyl Fungus Feeds on Radiation
Blog: Major biological discovery…inside the Chernobyl reactor??
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Why is thinking about the Hulk sad?
Just more points for using humans as batteries.
This fungus is clearly the first step in the evolution of metroids.
Haha, that’s exactly what I was thinking of…frickin’ Phazon…
So, in the near future black-skinned people will not only be immune to radiation but they’ll feed from it? o_O
It justs comes to show that there is still a lot of things in this world that can surprise us.
sounds like the first step to chia-solarpanels to me.
“Since ionizing radiation is prevalent in outer space, astronauts might be able to rely on fungi as an inexhaustible food source on long missions or for colonizing other planets,” noted Dadachova.
…Yum.
I have been reading about this for a while now, I find it very interesting and moving… I thought you might like to see this site as well, let me know what you think.
http://stuckincustoms.com/category/travel/ukraine/chernobyl/
actually. that’s pretty damn scary.
interesting as hell, but scary.
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My first thought was Mario… :S
Mario eating mushrooms to grow bigger and gain more life. Seems hes dipping into the radioactive ones these days.
sounds like symbiote in spider-man to me…..