Revhed
28th September 2007, 11:16 PM
The discovery of Fungi inside the reactor chamber of the Chernobyl facility has lead to new theories about the role of Melanin in the Human Body and speculation on possibility of living orgaisims able to survive in space! :blink:
Makes you wonder where Gene Roddenberry was getting his information from <Cue Twilight Zone music>
Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AEC) have found evidence that certain fungi possess another talent beyond their ability to decompose matter: the capacity to use radioactivity as an energy source for making food and spurring their growth.
Aside from its novelty value, this discovery leads to some interesting speculation and potential research. Humans have melanin molecules in their skin cells, does this mean that humans are getting some of their energy from radiation? This also implies there could be organisms living in space where ionizing radiation is plentiful.
http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20070422222547dat a_trunc_sys.shtml
http://unitedcats.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/major-biological-discoveryinside-the-chernobyl-reactor/
Makes you wonder where Gene Roddenberry was getting his information from <Cue Twilight Zone music>
Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AEC) have found evidence that certain fungi possess another talent beyond their ability to decompose matter: the capacity to use radioactivity as an energy source for making food and spurring their growth.
Aside from its novelty value, this discovery leads to some interesting speculation and potential research. Humans have melanin molecules in their skin cells, does this mean that humans are getting some of their energy from radiation? This also implies there could be organisms living in space where ionizing radiation is plentiful.
http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20070422222547dat a_trunc_sys.shtml
http://unitedcats.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/major-biological-discoveryinside-the-chernobyl-reactor/