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Self-replicating Chernobyl mold could protect the ISS from space radiation – CNET

Radiation shields made from living organisms could help us head deeper into the cosmos.

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School No. 3 in Pripyat, the atomic city abandoned after the Chernobyl explosion. This photo was taken 30 years after the disaster, in 2016.
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NASA is planning to return to the moon in 2024 and, potentially, establish a permanent human presence there by the end of the decade. There are still a lot of logistical hurdles to jump over, but there’s an even bigger, more human issue: Space wants to kill you.
Damaging space radiation poses a real threat to astronaut health. If humans…

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