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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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That took me by surprise. I had no idea melanin protected from radiation like it does from the sun.
The sun is a giant ball of radiation
And isn’t sunburn a form of or similar reaction to radiation burn?