Evolution of radio-resistance is more complicated than previously thought:
The toughest organisms on Earth, called extremophiles, can survive extreme conditions like extreme dryness (desiccation), extreme cold, space vacuum, acid, or even high-level radiation. So far, the toughest of all seems to be the bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans—able to survive doses of radiation a thousand times greater than those fatal to humans. But to this date, scientists remained puzzled by how radio-resistance could have evolved in several organisms on our planet, naturally protected from solar radiation by its magnetic field. While some scientists suggest that radio-resistance in extremophile organisms could have evolved along with other kinds of resistance, such as resistance to desiccation, a question remained: which genes are specifically involved in radio-resistance?
Journal Reference:
Steven T. Bruckbauer, Joel Martin, Benjamin B. Minkoff, et al. Physiology of Highly Radioresistant Escherichia coli After Experimental Evolution for 100 Cycles of Selection, Frontiers in Microbiology (DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.582590)
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 29 2020, @12:49PM (1 child)
If you think radio-resistance is complicated, wait until you get to radio-impedance.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 29 2020, @10:28PM
Radio induction. Especially how radio stations try to induce you with advertising.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 29 2020, @01:21PM
Proven in ‘A view to a kill ‘
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp4CR2HcHLQ [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday September 29 2020, @01:25PM
It's only confusing to eggheads. Hard rockers know they evolved next to the metal station in my college.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 29 2020, @02:14PM
The recent movies explain radio-resistance. Like Godzilla, they came from a time when Earth was much more radioactive than it is now. :)
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday September 29 2020, @02:50PM
(Score: 2) by choose another one on Tuesday September 29 2020, @03:43PM (1 child)
I thought we've known the solution to radio resistance for years, maybe the youngsters have forgotten: video kills it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 29 2020, @06:14PM
Pictures came and broke your heart
(Score: 2) by DECbot on Tuesday September 29 2020, @07:44PM
Obviously this evolutionary mutations has already occurred to some humans. Despite how blasted they are by radio commentary, politicians still get reelected.
cats~$ sudo chown -R us /home/base