Nuclear Powered Evolution | The Wolves of Chernobyl Reveal Human Potential

this episode of the wi files is brought to you by Shopify a few years ago scientists discovered something impossible in Chernobyl animals were thriving in radiation levels that should have killed them in the ' 50s the United States tested 23 nuclear weapons at bikini atle the area is still radioactive yet life flourishes there plants and animals grow faster than they should after the Fukushima disaster animals develop stronger and an oxidant systems they reproduced faster this happened in just 15 years how can plants and animals evolve so quickly well they can't they activated ancient genetic sequences designed to survive radiation genes that were always there waiting and in Earth's most radioactive places those genes are waking up [Music] you human drop whatever useless nonsense you're doing and help me this is a crisis of monumental proportions what now I've done it I've cracked the code the secret to ultimate power oh no I've started selling crypted detection kits now everyone can 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our fans simple efficient and stress-free start your free trial today by going to shopify. com yfiles go to shopify. com files that's right with Shopify you can focus on the important stuff like dreaming up your next brilliant I was speaking of I got a new product in it works Heckle fishes Mor man NightLight keeps you safe while summoning Cryptids right because nothing says safe like glowing red eyes in the dark I know oh wait wait what listen did you smell that the mor man night light just flickers I think it's working I got to go yeah but [Music] March 1st 1954 bikini atle operation Castle test Bravo the military expected a 5 Megaton blast they got [Music] 15 this miscalculation created a blast 1,000 times stronger than Hiroshima and Nagasaki uh-oh someone forgot to carry the one the fireball reached 20 million de fah in under a second that's 2,000 times hotter than the sun's surface and twice the temperature of the sun's core the mushroom cloud stretched 25 M High the blast carved a crater in the sea floor over a mile wide and 300 ft deep deep enough for a 30-story building why the hell are you humans still messing with nukes I honestly don't know yeah it's a good thing the aliens will protect you will they yeah protector enslave we'll find out soon enough the explosion vaporized three small Islands the Lagoon became a radioactive soup wind patterns spread Fallout across thousands of miles locals suffered radiation sickness and evacuated over 4 years there were another 22 nuclear tests scientists believed nothing could survive this they were wrong researchers found nearly 100 species of fish and coral thriving in radioactive water what this is how Godzilla was born I think from the depths dirty stories high bre fire his head in the sky Godzilla Godzilla please stop Godzilla I'm begging you and got the crater left by the nuclear bomb was covered in Coral vast colonies of it then the researchers found the crabs oh they make a shampoo for that no no no no no coconut crabs on the beach ah that makes most sense these crabs eat radioactive coconuts the water soil and trees contain cesium 137 a radioactive isotope that destroys DNA and causes cancer tests showed lethal radiation levels in the crabs but they're fine oh maybe this explains the crib kit let's stay focused this pattern repeats at every nuclear disaster site different animals same response for some reason nature knows how to handle radiation but when did life develop these defenses and why well years later Chernobyl provided a clue deep in Ukraine's radioactive exclusion Zone something strange was happening to the wolves [Music] in 1986 a safety test at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant failed the explosion released 400 times more radiation than Hiroshima the Soviet military gave 100,000 residents hours to evacuate they established a 1,000 squ M exclusion Zone around the reactor the land was declared dead nature disagreed in 2014 DrCarol love studied wolves in the C their blood work revealed genetic changes that defied evolution in just 15 Generations the Wolves activated specific DNA repair mechanisms each generation grew more and more resistant to radiation the wolves are exposed to six times the legal safety limit of radiation every day of their lives our researchers identified the Wolves genetics seemed resilient to increased cancer risk but wolves wen't the only animals changing when Chernobyl was evacuated people were not allowed to bring their pets thousands of cats and dogs were left behind most of these animals died from radiation exposure but not all of them studies documented over 800 descendants of the original Abandoned Dogs living in the exclusion Zone yeah what happened to the cats well not much research when it's studying the cats yeah because nobody cares stop it DNA samples from the Chernobyl dog show their genetics are so unique they could be classified as a new species other animals adapted differently Eastern tree frogs are normally bright green in Chernobyl they're black The increased melanin In Their Skin protects them from radiation birds in the zone develop darker feathers to survive in 2013 a study revealed that they weren't creating new abilities they were Awakening old ones and then there's the fungus didn't make a cream for that no not that kind hey hey uh H what did the mushrooms say to the girl he was trying to pick up at the bar will you let me get through this please oh fine go ahead and kill all the fun guy black fungi and Chernobyl don't just resist radiation they eat it they grow toward the Reactor Core converting gamma radiation to chemical energy like plants convert sunlight NASA tested these fungi on the International Space station they processed Cosmic radiation in zero gravity similar species appeared at other radiation sites at Fukushima fungi activated their radiation processing abilities within hours of exposure when radiation levels dropped they returned to normal John's Hopkins discovered these fungi adapt to different radiation types from gamma rays to beta particles their genes contain instructions for processing all kinds of radiation these same genes appear in 50 milliony old fungi fossils so why did ancient life forms develop protection against radiation DrLinn Rothchild is an astrobiologist at Nasa she says Earth's atmosphere millions of years ago provided less insulation from cosmic radiation for life to survive it would have developed methods to protect itself and then passed them down through DNA now this makes sense but there's a hiccup Cosmic radiation is mostly protons the fungi have defenses against neutrons beta particles and gamma rays these don't come from space these come from uranium nuclear reactors hang on hang on hang on humans didn't have nuclear reactors 50 million years ago that's true they didn't so what are you talking about they found a nuclear reactor for millions of years ago no they found 17 of [Music] them there was a time in Earth's history when radiation was much much higher in gabone West Africa scientists discovered evidence of at least 17 natural nuclear reactors that operated 2 billion years ago the Oco reactors as they're called sustain nuclear fion for hundreds of thousands of years and these reactors weren't small each site produced around 100 Kow of power groundwater moderated the reactions creating natural onoff cycles just like modern nuclear reactors who built the reactor well yeah nuni than anaki episode down in the old juicy jug no it's from the nuclear war between Atlantis and Loria link to Atlantis episode stuffed in your booty box no nuclear war with Mars link tomorrow's episode down in your pcka pot well scientists are pretty sure they're natural nuclear reactors yeah but not 100% sure well science can never be 100% sure about anything AKO wasn't unique similar isotope patterns in Colorado's uranium deposits suggest ancient fision reactions uranium mines in Australia show nuclear activity from billions of years ago the Gunflint chir contains Earth's oldest fossils 1.

9 billion year old microorganisms with radiation adaptations matching modern bacteria life maintain these defenses even as Earth's radiation levels decreased like a biological memory these mechanisms remained in act through billions of years of evolution this is how Evolution and genetics work you know this you also know that genes and traits that are no longer useful are eventually removed from the gene pool but if that's true why are these genes still here and why are they in human DNA what radiation response mechanisms match genetic markers found in ancient human settlements our ancestors faced this before they also developed radiation resistance how do we know because their children are still here in Ramsaran people live with radiation levels 10 times higher than safety limits yet they have normal cancer rates and normal lifespans what we found was that people who lived in the High background areas had significantly fewer induced chromosomal abnormalities than their neighbors who live maybe just a few kilometers away where background radiation levels are normal it sounds totally improbable but it appears that radiation may actually help the body resist genetic damage studies reveal ramsar residents have enhanced DNA repair abilities their cells fix radiation damage faster than it accumulates it's like a whole village of toxic avenges really what it's a compliment things are going to change in this town I'm not just another pretty [Music] Fai similar populations exist in other parts of the world guari in Brazil is famous for its beauty biodiversity and unique radioactive black sand the Brazilian nuclear energy commission documented enhanced DNA repair in locals going back Generations these populations also have something else in common their settlements date back thousands of years archaeological evidence shows continuous human habitation near natural radiation sources gockley teepe one of Humanity's oldest sites is built near uranium deposits similar deposits lie beneath Mesopotamia oldest cities these radiation levels should have driven humans away instead our ancestors stayed and became resistant they passed that resistance to their children who also passed it on these protections are not just in the genes of people living near radioactive sites they're in all of us and they could be the Catalyst for Humanity's next Great [Music] Leap space agencies in every country are trying to unlock human potential this potential might be achieved in space enhance DNA repair conscious control over our metabolism natural radiation shielding within a century we might activate these dormant abilities at will in a thousand years as humans colonize space different environments will drive unique adaptations colonists on Mars Titan and Europa will evolve differently each population will adapt to their local radiation signature and environment [Music] in 10,000 years space dwelling humans might process radiation like food their skin could generate protective Fields their DNA might repair itself instantly while this is purely speculation we know these abilities exist in chernobyl's fungi that's why NASA is so interested in this further into the future we might develop new senses the ability to detect different types of radiation and heat enhanced Vision that would allow us to see ultraviolet or infrared some animals on Earth already have these [Music] [Applause] [Music] abilities even further into the future future humans might develop senses that utilize Quantum biology Quantum biology did you just make that up nope European Robins navigate perfectly in darkness across thousands of miles moths detect mates miles away plants convert sunlight with near perfect efficiency for decades scientists couldn't explain these abilities now they think they know these animals are tapping into the quantum Realm The Robin's eye contains a protein called cryptochrome when struck by light it creates Quantum entangled electrons that react to the Earth's magnetic field I think having studied quantum mechanics myself years and years ago I would never have realized then or even believed I think that it would be possible that quantum mechanical effects could be actually housed within the eye of a bird that is a huge surprise and that's nothing we learned in quantum mechanics when I was young once the says the dog sense of smell uses Quantum tunneling they detect Quantum vibrations of molecules that they perceive as sense even plants tap into the quantum realm when sunlight hits a leaf it always chooses the most efficient route the energy uses Quantum superposition to explore all possible Pathways at once this is exactly how quantum computers work Quantum apocalypse link down in your sugar Basket in a million years humans in space might develop similar abilities the framework for this might already be in place I'm claiming that we need new physics to understand Consciousness now when I mean new physics here I mean something outside the physics we know but it's not simply invented for the purpose of explaining Consciousness it's something which I think we need anyway physicists Roger Penrose and steuart hemro believe consciousness comes from Quantum processes in brain cells microtubules in the cells create Quantum states that become conscious thought I realize these microtubes are there and they look like just the kind of thing that could well be supporting the kind of level of quantum mechanics up to a level where you you could expect the the quantum state to sort of collapse that's the terminology people use in quantum mechanics and microt tubules they are inside brain neurons they are indeed you know how waves collapse into particles when they're observed uh if you don't the human explains it in a simulation Theory episode link down in your luscious love think of your Consciousness as waves of possibility these waves exist in multiple States at once when these Quantum States collapse you experience a moment of awareness whenever the state reduces whenever the wave function collapses that's what this is doing It's associated with moment of what we call protoconsciousness for 30 years scientists dismissed it as Fringe thinking but now the evidence is getting harder to ignore evidence is emerging that microtubules May exhibit interesting Quantum behaviors after all there are certain Quantum States in microtubules that if you have a coherent gravitational collapse of these orchestrated collapse of these somehow Consciousness arises where now there is a concrete evidence that quantum physics phys has exactly the properties that describe Consciousness in Free Will if Consciousness uses quantum mechanics your thoughts transcend ordinary physics your Consciousness could be part of a Quantum reality that connects you and me and everyone across space and time this sounds like speculation but every mechanism I describe today exists in nature every adaptation has appeared in some form of life the quantum reality that creates your consciousness is the same Quantum reality that governs everything in the universe and everything in the universe you me our planet our sun all come from the same Source the very matter that makes us up was generated long ago and far away in red giant Stars a blade of grass as Walt Whitman said is the journey work of the Stars Carl San said we're made of star stuff the evidence suggests he was right in ways he never imagined those ancient Stars didn't just create the atoms that make up our bodies they might have encoded the blueprint for Consciousness itself I like this Theory because it means we're all connected our time on Earth is short but maybe that's the point we're here to experience physical life and take those experiences back to our source where we share them and learn from them maybe our real lives aren't here maybe our real lives are out there among the stars out there the stars are showing us we're part of a shared Consciousness temporarily wearing human form out there the stars are preparing us for an Awakening that will reshape our reality out there the stars are calling us home our ancestors worshiped the Sun and they were far from foolish it makes good sense to rever the sun and the Stars because we are their [Music] children thank you so much for hanging out today my name is AJ there's Heckle fishy this has been the wi files to have fun or learn anything do him a favor subscribe comment like share it's a small thing for you but it's it's really huge for us like most topics we cover on the channel today's was recommended by you so if there's a story you'd like to see or learn more about go to the Y files. com tips remember the yfiles is also a podcast twice a week I post deep dives into the stories we cover here on the channel and I also post episodes that wouldn't be allowed on the channel like I think this week we're doing Nazi prophecies oh I shouldn't have said the nword am I already demonetized I'm leaving it in 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