Space station mold survives 200 times the radiation dose that would kill a human
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/06/space-station-mold-survives-200-times-radiation-dose-would-kill-human
			
			
			
				Quote from: Marlin on Jun 29, 2019, 02:27
Space station mold survives 200 times the radiation dose that would kill a human
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/06/space-station-mold-survives-200-times-radiation-dose-would-kill-human (https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/06/space-station-mold-survives-200-times-radiation-dose-would-kill-human)
I remember reading an article on extremophiles in reactor cores but cannot find it now.
Stellar ExtremophilesScientists coined the term extremophile, which means "extreme-loving", to describe the creatures--and the hunt was on for more.  Soon, extremophiles were found living in deep Antarctic ice, the cores of nuclear reactors, and other unexpected places.  Biology hasn't been the same since.
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/07nov_stellarextremophiles/ (https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/07nov_stellarextremophiles/)
			
 
			
			
				and so it begins,....
[youtube height=300 width=600]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NABPkLgaM9c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NABPkLgaM9c)[/youtube]
			
			
			
				Quote from: Marlin on Jun 29, 2019, 02:36
I remember reading an article on extremophiles in reactor cores but cannot find it now.
f.o.s.a.r. cruze gaught them awl.