mircea_popescu: and in other science fiction : imagine a xenomorph that actually lived off radioactive decay. it'd get to use the fabled hepta-dna arrangement, and obviously have very active teleomerase. then it could uptake whatever relevant radioisotope into special beryl vacuoles, and colimate it into a specially built "tunnel" made out of whatever oxidables arranged with the oxigen in. then the oxigens are knocked off, and the lifeform o
mircea_popescu: prolly, colorful from all the heavy metals / ionization going on
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jurov: imo would be very -ev to gain just few O radicals per decay
jurov: but on the other side, there are fungi that use melatonin to grow from radiation, without need for beryllium vacuoles