Inside Chernobyl, scientists have discovered a black fungus feeding on deadly gamma radiation.
Nukes are going to become irrelevant in the foreseeable future
Inside Chernobyl, scientists have discovered a black fungus feeding on deadly gamma radiation
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Cool if true
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Blowout soon, Stalker
Metroids incoming.
uh oh seems like all the nuclear war scare tactics were bullshit all along.
Radiotrophic fungi are nothing new. They were testing them as radiation shields on the ISS years ago.
How can we get this fungus into india?
tl;dr
After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, scientists found a strange black fungus growing on the walls of the damaged reactor. Instead of dying from the intense radiation, this fungus was actually thriving. The fungus is called Cladosporium sphaerospermum, and it contains melanin, the same pigment that gives human skin its color. This melanin lets the fungus absorb radiation and convert it into chemical energy — just like plants use sunlight in photosynthesis.
This process is called radiosynthesis. It's not fully understood yet, but scientists believe the fungus uses radiation to grow faster and possibly even repair damage caused by radiation itself. Researchers are now studying it to see if it could be used for things like: Protecting astronauts from radiation in space; Cleaning up radioactive sites; Even helping develop new forms of radiation shielding.
Radiation has always been irrelevant with nukes. They don't leave considerable fallout.
The issue has always been blast radius and EMP effects.
keep me posted ill be at the Bitumen Anomaly
14h ago
14y ago*
Cleaning up radioactive sites
By this logic plants somehow use up the sun by photosynthesis. This fungus just eats the radiation originating from the source, not the source itself.
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Animals quickly adapting to survive in the higher levels is even more fascinating to me. Dormant genes coming to life is very cool to see
You are right, the fungus isn’t consuming the radiation source itself, just the energy it emits. It’s a subtle but important distinction.
How are scientists bumbling about Chernobyl? Isn't it close to the conflict zones with Russia?
Interesting. Except nukes don't exist and the Earth is flat, LOL!
Fungus doesn't care and also radiation isn't the destroyer of the world scientists try to scare people with. As always, radiation may kill some mammals but most plant life will be fine.
Is that supposed to be the fungus? Because it looks like a butthole.
That is a bald-faced lie. Nuclear weapons tests alone poison the land and soil, causing cancer in human beings. There is no way to ethically use a nuclear weapon.
Radioactive melanin?
are you saying we can achieve TND by using them as nuclear fuel?
reminder that if humans turn the earth into a smoggy toxic waste planet that just means the next generation of life will evolve to eat smog and toxic waste. also oxygen is shit.
They clean up everywhere
I appreciate your sentiment but I'm FROM Nevada.
isn't it close to the conflict zones with Russia?
i mean, I guess...bout as far as I am from the conflict zones in mexico with the cartel wars going on and all and I'm as safe as houses m8
Nukes are going to become irrelevant in the foreseeable future
No they aren't, unless the fungus can eat nuclear fireballs. This will just make cleanup easier.
fungus is alien
yeah bro just ignore the 4 square mile mass of fungus underground, it's perfectly natural
it doesn't matter that they've been proven to communicate and have primitive language
Nukes aren't real.
Let’s subject niggers to radiation
So niggers are more suitable to clean up radioactive trash than whites? Not completely useless after all, I eat my words
It's phazon
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nice that i know how to trick fungal resistance.
release the kraken!
Isn't the whole point of nuclear deterrence the threat of fallout making an entire city inhabitable for a long period of time? Because when it comes to sheer explosive force, a hydrogen bomb is more powerful but produces less radiation.
Read the thread next time
not reading the thread if the OP sucks
What would be the effectiveness of lining space ships with tiles filled with this fungus? Could it safely insulate astronauts from soloar radiation during deep space flights?
if you eat it will you get irradiated
thatd be a fucked up pizza topping
*uninhabitable
I see you are also a WhyFiles connoisseur…
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What are the political implications of the word chernobyl meaning wormwood?
Fungus is immortal and everywhere
fucking cockholes
Nukes are going to become irrelevant in the foreseeable future
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Do you think mold is gonna rise up and replace intelligent life after the world is ruined?
Yeah proof radiation can be naturally neutralized
I appreciate your sentiment but I'm UPWIND
Hello, retard. Please check agricultural areas.
nature always finds a way
from what I gathered this fungus functions as an insulant rather than radiation removed. so radioactive shit is gonna stay radiactive for the same duration (decades/centuries). see: cool stuff either way
if true then nukes would become more relevant than ever due to zero consequence of radiation because they still have devastating power (if real, of course). and for everyone's pleasure here's a wall of text from chatgpt:
if 2 rocks were highly radioactive (eg close to nuclear testing site) and 1 was left in the open and the other one in a concrete box, which one would lose radiation faster and why?
If both radioactive rocks are identical in type and initial radioactivity, then neither would "lose radiation" faster in terms of the radioactive decay process, because:
Radioactive decay is intrinsic
The rate at which a radioactive material decays is determined by its half-life, a constant that is not affected by environment, temperature, light, pressure, or containment.
So, whether a rock is out in the open or sealed in a concrete box, its atoms decay at the same rate.
So why the concrete box?
The key difference isn't the rate of decay, but how radiation is emitted and spreads:
The open rock would release radiation into the surrounding environment.
The boxed rock would have much of its radiation absorbed or blocked by the concrete, especially gamma and beta radiation (alpha particles are already easily stopped by paper or skin).
Summary:
Rock Position Radiation Loss Rate (Decay) Radiation Exposure to Surroundings
Open Same High
In Concrete Same Low (shielded by concrete)
Conclusion: Both rocks lose radioactivity at the same rate, but the one in the open poses a higher radiation hazard to the environment, while the one in the concrete box is better contained.
wouldn't the rock in a box lose slower due to gamma rays bouncing back onto the rock?
ChatGPT said:
That's a great question — and it's one that gets into the physics of radiation interaction with matter. Here's the nuanced answer:
Do gamma rays bouncing back slow radioactive decay?
Short answer: No, they don't.
Gamma rays are emitted as a result of decay, but they don’t influence whether or when decay happens. Even if gamma rays bounce off the walls of the concrete box and back toward the rock, they:
Do not cause nuclei to become unstable again.
Do not “re-energize” atoms.
Do not affect the decay rate.
Radioactive decay is a quantum process governed by the internal state of an atom’s nucleus, not by what happens externally after decay has occurred.
So, why doesn’t reflection matter?
While gamma rays can scatter (Compton scattering) or reflect to some extent, they carry away energy that’s already released. Once a nucleus emits a gamma photon, that energy is gone. Even if that photon bounces back and hits the rock:
It could be absorbed by electrons or nuclei, causing ionization or heating, but
It won't reverse decay or change the decay rate of remaining radioactive atoms.
Thought experiment:
Imagine shining a flashlight into a mirror box. The photons bounce around, but the battery drains at the same rate regardless of what the light does after it leaves the bulb. Radioactive decay is similar — once energy is emitted, what happens afterward doesn’t affect the source's future decay.
Final Answer:
No, the rock in the box would not lose radiation slower. Reflection or absorption of gamma rays doesn't influence the decay rate. Both rocks decay at the same rate, governed solely by their half-life.
What is different is the external radiation exposure — which is much lower in the boxed rock.
No, I will eat the mold and then become impervious to nuclear weapons
There is no way to ethically use a nuclear weapon
I would say nuking israel and india would certainly qualify as ethical
is that a Blackjack Tu-160 at the center
If you mean this is a way to get rid of fallout, nukes are about to become relevant as they now can be used as big bombs instead of doomsday weapons
This is a backwards way to think about it. They always had the latent ability to perform these actions.
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