Fungi, Radiation, & Outer Space - Graham Shunk & Xavier Gomez

Mushroom Revival Podcast - Ein Podcast von Alex Dorr

If humans ever travel to Mars, we will need fungi to help. We are joined today by two young researchers whose experiment was welcomed aboard the ISS in 2018, where a melanized fungus was sent to space to observe the effects of cosmic radiation on the organism's health, as well the attenuation of radiation. The results are exciting— future exhibitions to Mars and beyond could team up with melanized fungi to grow shields that protect humans from life-threatening radiation. Melanin is responsibl...

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