inkican@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agoTIL Fungi in Chernobyl appear to be feeding off gamma radiation and are growing towards the reactor core.thebiologist.rsb.org.ukexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1187arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareexohuman@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoThat took me by surprise. I had no idea melanin protected from radiation like it does from the sun.
minus-squareRandomStickman@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up31·1 year agoThe sun is a giant ball of radiation
minus-squareinstamat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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?