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The origin story of a fungal super hero
In comic books, radiation exposure always leads to awesome superpowers. In reality, not so much. Except in the case of Cladosporium cladosporioides, a fungus exposed to high doses of radiation during the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown. Not only did C. cladosporioides survive it gained a superpower — the ability to "eat" radiation.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/MbhRyEmdWqY/the-origin-story-of-a-fungal-s.html
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