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@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") wrote:

Soo … brown people will be more likely to survive nuclear apocalypses due to increased melanin production? And we might even be able to use radiation to survive? j/k

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@c0nc0rdance wrote:

Let's talk about radiotrophic fungi.

I want to start with the most surprising fact about them: they don't just SURVIVE in high radiation environments, they grow at *FOUR TIMES* the rate they would in background radiation.

Our best guess is they're "eating" radiation.