inkican@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 2 years agoTIL Fungi in Chernobyl appear to be feeding off gamma radiation and are growing towards the reactor core.thebiologist.rsb.org.ukexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down10
arrow-up1169arrow-down1external-linkTIL Fungi in Chernobyl appear to be feeding off gamma radiation and are growing towards the reactor core.thebiologist.rsb.org.ukinkican@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 2 years agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareexohuman@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoThat took me by surprise. I had no idea melanin protected from radiation like it does from the sun.
minus-squareRandomStickman@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 years agoThe sun is a giant ball of radiation
minus-squareinstamat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAnd isn’t sunburn a form of or similar reaction to radiation burn?
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?