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Eating gamma radiation for breakfast: Some fungal species appear to be able to use strong radiation as an energy source for growth.
Could the fungi be using the extremely high-energy gamma radiation as an energy source in the same way that plants use sunlight?
The key to it all seemed to be melanin – the ubiquitous group of pigments found in many types of eukaryote that protect against UV radiation
Many fungal fossils show evidence of melanisation, especially in periods of high radiation when many animal and plant species died out
Could you replace them with plants or fungi that use melanin instead of chlorophyll?
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Briefing by Major Rocco Petrone (not pictured) during a tour of Blockhouse 34, Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex. Seated left to right: Administrator James Webb, Vice President Lyndon Johnson, Director Kurt H. Debus, President John Kennedy. - Taken on 11 septembar 1962
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Contrary to popular belief, I think the path to becoming a successful space-faring civilization follows this chain:
Space-faring civilization
↳ Needs basic world peace
↳ Needs individual peace
↳ Needs health of local lifeform communities (humans, animals, plants & ecosystems) -
Researchers Spot Black Hole Eating Stuff At Over 40x the Theoretical Limit
The only real limits are limits to our imagination, and those are imaginary as well.
