The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but not to every form of life.

Now all it has to do is morph into something humanoid, and it’s off to fight the Hulk.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    That fungus is called Cladosporium sphaerospermum, and some scientists think its dark pigment – melanin – may allow it to harness ionizing radiation through a process similar to the way plants harness light for photosynthesis. This proposed mechanism is even referred to as radiosynthesis.