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according to popular myth cockroaches
would inherit a postnuclear disaster
world but it looks like the real winners
might actually be fungi in 1999 fungi
were found to be thriving in highly
radioactive conditions inside the
Chernobyl reactor these fungi are rich
in melanin yep the same stuff that gives
you a tan in summer while radiation
causes cell damage and mutations in most
living creatures melanin Rich fungi are
actually attracted to the stuff and it
seems the spherical nature of the
melanin acts as a shield but it also
allows energy to be absorbed from the
radiation enhancing the fungi's growth
these fungi May one day help clean up
radioactive waste or even lead to the
development of new cancer treatments but
if there's a nuclear accident in the
meantime Don't Panic right away that
mushroom cloud might not be what you
think it
is hey everyone uh that's a little
segment I voiced for a Aussie TV show
called Catalyst and actually I've been
traveling with this TV show for the last
5 weeks in case you've been wondering
where I was and in fact I've been
traveling with two other people
Ana and
Simon Okay so we're doing Catalyst on
the road which is actually a road trip
from Perth to Melbourne uh and we've had
an amazing time including things like
cave diving and catching Malay and land
sailing on a Salt Lake so we've done
some incredible stuff and that's all
going to go to air in Australia on abc1
starting in February if you want to
check out their YouTube channel you can
look at it you I'll put an annotation
here you can you can click this and go
to their YouTube channel and if you're
really nice to them maybe they will post
some of this um episodes some of these
episodes on their YouTube channel uh
besides that uh I will be back in Sydney
after Christmas and then I'll make some
more veritasium style stuff so uh stay
tuned for
that that is
disgusting I cannot believe this
ah thanks guys