minus-squarethebestaquaman@lemmy.worldtoscience@lemmy.world•Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible AbilitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoFantastic thing though: It doesn’t “eat” radiation in the sense that it becomes radioactive itself. It just absorbs the energy from the radiation, like plants absorb sunlight, to power a synthesis that lets it convert CO2 to organic material. linkfedilink
Fantastic thing though: It doesn’t “eat” radiation in the sense that it becomes radioactive itself. It just absorbs the energy from the radiation, like plants absorb sunlight, to power a synthesis that lets it convert CO2 to organic material.