I want this mutation. You have little nano-crawlers going up and down your DNA strands fixing problems. It’s like ECC RAM for the essence of YOU. And you’re basically immune to cancer.
replyThat is not how spores work.
replyIt is in fact how Deinococcus radiodurans works:
reply Deinococcus radiodurans has a unique quality in which it can repair both single- and double-stranded DNA. When damage is apparent to the cell, it brings the damaged DNA into a compartmental ring-like structure where the DNA is repaired, and then is able to fuse the nucleoids from the outside of the compartment with the damaged DNA.However, to bring it full circle, Deinococcus radiodurans does not form spores!
replyLet the man dream (and possibly write interesting scifi about it).
reply> It’s like ECC RAM for the essence of YOU
replyBuddha would like a word with you
So if, say, you were completely irradiated - every atom of your being - and fully repaired, would you still be 'you'?
reply/Is that a transporter energizing I hear?
> Clues for future search of extremophile microbial life on Mars
replyThat paragraph is pretty extraordinary with what is being claimed.
Crazy to think that anything could survive 25 kGy.
25 kgy, not great, not terrible.
replyWhat would you consider as great?
replyThey’re referencing the 3.6 roentgen meme, originally from the HBO series Chernobyl.
replyWell played k1ko :D
replyWAOW I understood that reference! Hahaha that is a REFERENCE that I UNDERSTAND funny lmao
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