Chernobyl's Black Fungus Eats Radiation—and Could Shield Astronauts
20th-21st Century

Chernobyl's Black Fungus Eats Radiation—and Could Shield Astronauts

In the radioactive forests where nothing should survive, something strange is thriving—and it might hold the key to surviving space.

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