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Fungus in Chernobyl nuclear disaster zone has mutated to 'feed' on radiation (2024)

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79 points thunderbong | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 15:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.28s | source
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softwaredoug ◴[12 Nov 25 15:52 UTC] No.45901658[source]▶
This sounds like a plot point in Project Hail Mary. Which has a microbe that lives off the sun, creating problems, and new technologies.
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happymellon ◴[12 Nov 25 17:57 UTC] No.45903366[source]▶
> a microbe that lives off the sun

Like algae?

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1. softwaredoug ◴[12 Nov 25 18:56 UTC] No.45904349[source]▶
Yeah I should have clarified. Like DIRECTLY on the sun :) It's not much of a spoiler, but the main problem of the book is a microbe consuming the suns radiation and robbing Earth of sunlight.