News Getting high on 'shrooms...

[JonnyBGoode]

Maybe we won't have to use layers of lead shielding to get into deep space or live on Mars. Maybe all we'll need is... fungus?

Chernobyl fungus could shield astronauts from cosmic radiation - Big Think

Apparently they've discovered a fungus at Chernobyl that feeds off of radiation. They've actually sent it up into space already and tested it on the ISS already and it seems to work, at least on the small scale. They figure if they could put an 8 inch layer of the stuff around a habitat on Mars, it would effectively block most of the cosmic ray dosage.

 

[Trekkie]

So when we have people on Mars they will make their breakfast with Shrooms growing on the outside of a Hab and getting high as hell.

 

[MaxBuzz]

the only mutation found in Chernobyl a modified pattern on the wings of only one species of butterflies even this is perhaps just natural distinctiveness

 

[Kyle_E]

the only mutation found in Chernobyl a modified pattern on the wings of only one species of butterflies even this is perhaps just natural distinctiveness

If I understood the article right, it was just saying that the fungus thrives at Chernobyl; not that it mutated there.
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From looking it up on Wikipedia it seems it will also grow on paint and drywall so you may be able to have a radiation shielded house.

 

[jedidia]

the only mutation found in Chernobyl a modified pattern on the wings of only one species of butterflies even this is perhaps just natural distinctiveness

Well, the only successful mutation, anyways. There was plenty of cancer...

 

[JonnyBGoode]

Well, the only successful mutation, anyways. There was plenty of cancer...

Not great, not terrible...