8oow3291d comments on Chernobyl Fungus Seems to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability

submitted 6 months ago* by m3t00@lemmy.world [M] to c/science@lemmy.world

how the aliens survive spaceflight

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[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Why do you think this fungus would absorb more radiation than e.g. a similar volume of water?

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[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

wouldnt fungus also use the radiation since it needs it to live? water just gets more and more irradiated since everything just stays

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[–] m3t00@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 6 months ago

not more exactly but could make use of the energy to grow whatever the shield is made of. byproducts like salad greens lol

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