“That fungus is called Cladosporium sphaerospermum, and some scientists think its dark pigment – melanin – may allow it to harness ionizing radiation through a process similar to the way plants harness light for photosynthesis. This proposed mechanism is even referred to as radiosynthesis.”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39553283 https://libretechni.ca/post/483480

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        This looks like one of those bad conversions to imperial- instead of 3.28 feet per meter, your spaceship crashes into the surface

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        11 hours ago

        And the high-range dosimeter from the safe burned out immediately. It must have been faulty!

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          Funniest/saddest moment from that miniseries was when their officials have the West the propaganda numbers to build the robot. Fucking lol…

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            I don’t know it for sure, but I understood that the Germans built a robot capable of withstanding the propaganda number not explicitly for the Russians. It just happens to withstand those, but not the real numbers…