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in a nearly recent world record i have posted twice in one day. i’m not really bored so much as overly productive. that’s right… productive.

found an interesting blog on reddit regarding life in highly radioactive areas (read: Chernobyl) . followed up with the reference article from science a go go (WTF?). the blog author goes into some interesting stream of consciousness regarding the relationship of melanin and radiation as parallel to chlorophyll and sunlight. at first i was not too surprised that melanin (chemical that is widely known as what gives color to skin) changes its composition when exposed to gamma radiation for this reason (in my limited knowledge of the subjects): we turn the suns radiation into vitamin D. it makes sense. at any rate, these are two interesting reads on the evolution of the idea of life as we define and understand it in science.