it's a hypothesis... making hypotheses and verifying them is how science progresses. you can't dismiss every single unproven hypotheses as pseudoscience. that is in fact, unscientific.

on the other hand, i am tired of media sensationalising as well...

Yeah, and not like it needs to eat radiation to be successful, all it has to do is survive in a place where everything else dies, and suddenly it has no competitors or predators, and is free to grow explosively.

I disagree - there’s a massive corpus of science fiction behind it. Protomolecule!!

Unfortunately science alert has had shitty click bait titles for years.

What...was it raised in a barn? People who chew with their mouths open deserve a special place in hell.

You dont know if your tinnitus is getting worse or theres radiation fungus around

I am SLAMMED that your are quietly sick of hearing quietly.

Could you type this a bit quieter?

Sorry, but the fungus has been burping and slurping on radiation.

They didn’t announce their feast on social media.

Nom nom nom nom

It's an interesting thought, but according to the article, it's not even clear that the fungus is absorbing radiation or befitting from radiation. Actual photosynthesis-via-radiation hasn't been demonstrated; it might simply be taking advantage of the absence of other species due to high radiation, or the radiation is triggering a stress response.

Beyond that, I'm not sure this fungus would have a better protection-per-ton rating than, say, water (which is an astoundingly good radiation shield). But, it might point us towards ways of developing plants which are radiation-tolerant, theoretically opening a path to growing food in orbital or lunar-surface environments.

This is mentioned in the article!

That sounds like a bad idea

I think you found a perfect fit for you. I'll lend you my microscope

Me! Me!

Wash. Your. Ass.

So it's like last of us, but instead of making everyone a zombie, it makes everyone an drooing asshole with the goal of making the entire planet a radiated nuclear wasteland.

My god, we've been blaming social media for that. We are doomed! AI threat was just a diversion.

I wonder if it 'toots to scoot.'