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TIL Fungi in Chernobyl appear to be feeding off gamma radiation and are growing towards the reactor core. (thebiologist.rsb.org.uk)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eukaryotic life: Cancer is a bug in the programming left over from our primitive single celled days.

Slime molds: Cancer is a social construct, actually.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This made me snort out my soup from my nose. Thank you.