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EPISODE · Jan 7, 2026

Life at the Edge

from Valeon · host Sayed Hamid Fatimi

From melanized fungi growing in Chernobyl’s radioactive ruins to bacteria learning to break down plastics and microbes thriving in scorching vents and subzero ice, this essay explores how life keeps finding a way—by adapting, specializing, and rewriting the boundaries of “habitable.”

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