This Black Fungus Might Be Healing Chernobyl By Drinking Radiation. The fungi contain melanin, which “absorbs radiation, which is then converted into usable energy, allowing it to grow in areas with intense radioactive exposure.”
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Nature finds a way....
It’s important to realise that the overall radiation levels do not change. Fungal metabolism cannot stabilise radioactive nuclei or reduce the amount of radiation emitted.
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