Why are scientists shooting mushrooms into space? - Shannon Odell

[@cuber9320]

We’d be like a colony of space smurfs living in mushrooms.

[@elvirak8846]

Hey you can say that we would have a lot of *FUN-GI-S* living in space...fun guys? and fungi ... Get it?!....

[@germanomagnone]

with Gargamel and his cat Azrael working with the Sith Empire for the "domination of the empire of cruelty"

[@JasonCan-wp2fu]

WE LIVE, WE LOVE, WE LIE

[@katherineknapp4370]

Lol yep

[@LuciusKane09]

​@elvirak8846 It's ok, buddy. I'm still giving you an A for effort.

[@markmunroe-hz8rf]

One small step for spores. One giant leap for fungi.

[@e-ben616]

Ah see what you did there... Good one 🤣

[@honor9lite1337]

😮

[@DefinitelyNotAPiano]

well, there ain't mushroom left on earth. That's why we're heading for Mars!

[@ASMR-Factory]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ASMR-Factory]

@@DefinitelyNotAPiano My mom ate the last mushroom :D

[@ghostderazgriz]

Carbon negative, thermal and radiation resistant homes? Sounds more useful here on earth than on another planet.

[@tcxd1164]

I'd imagine there'd certainly be some hurdles to even begin approaching mass production for a material like this, but yeah, definitely.

[@mimumi3723]

@@tcxd1164 If we want a big, functioning colony, we would need some way of, if not mass production, then somewhat fast production of them

[@coronelkittycannon]

I'd imagine the moisture would quickly degrade the material on earth. In a barren space wasteland, that wouldn't be a problem. However that bit about cracks doesn't seem like a good solution is y'know, the outside air is not breathable.

[@bmar192]

@@tcxd1164 It's being worked on currently! I've seen prototypes of bricks made of fungus actually here in the USA. It's actually very interesting, and there are far more uses for fungi than the vid mentions that the lab I saw was trying to do with them!

[@Delmworks]

True…though I gotta ask where you’re living that radiation resistance is relevant

[@jer103]

This feels like the pitch for the: "biggest let down of Space horror movie". We have fungus growing everywhere, "What do we do???" (Then they astronauts just end up cleaning...)

[@idehenebenezer]

Jesus is the only way to salvation and to the father. Please repent today and turn away from your sins yo escape judgement 🙏🙏 There is no other way to get to the father but through him.

[@zerwif]

Turn it into Cocoon or The Abyss where they wind up getting along.

[@jer103]

​@@zerwif Most aliens are benevolent, or are kind and friendly. We are just conditioned by Hollywood that they will always attack us.

[@PasserEminibey]

@@idehenebenezer jesus told me he thinks ur cringe

[@recurvestickerdragon]

okay but imagine they didn't know it was, until the very end. they thought they were getting chased around by nightmare terror monsters and anomalies and mind-bending fuckery, but it was really just the psychotropic effects of some hull lichen or sth, and they literally have to clean up not only the fungus, but the bodies of the few who killed one another while under the influence. horror to tragedy

[@carlosgeonzon7499]

The Last of Us 3: Space Invasion

[@andrewvirtue5048]

Halo: The Flood

[@reanderb.a8453]

Nice

[@Tregnier52]

😂

[@Lordofthethighs420]

It’s like halo flood but ends up looking more like deadspace It’s not a good time unless your into that

[@Punkhazard069]

Love the comment

[@luke_fabis]

Okay, the visual at 2:52 is extremely misleading. For the most part, the fungus IS the mycelium. It doesn't grow like roots down from mushrooms like the way plants grow. The mycelium sends up mushrooms to disperse spores. They're a lot like fruit.

[@fireside.fables]

this needs to be pinned, that is 100% correct Mushrooms are the fruit, mycelium just lays underground and always has been, the oldest and biggest living organism on earth.

[@beefsupreme67]

🤓☝️

[@papascorch5215]

@@beefsupreme67real

[@nebolousanimating]

Instead of listening, you laugh at facts? The ways of stupidity is it, beefsupreme?

[@beefsupreme67]

@@nebolousanimating you missed the 67

[@awesomehpt8938]

“Break the mold” lol good pun

[@sleepi-nouth-laureltine-8108]

A wise man once said, "Only shooting stars break the mold."

[@StarCrusher.]

@@sleepi-nouth-laureltine-8108 SOME-

[@Thirty_Five]

@@sleepi-nouth-laureltine-8108 Somebody once told me,

[@princesingh2629]

Mark Twain said, "Name of all the greatest inventors. Accident." Same is here with us how we interacted with fungi at first step in space and now what potention they may behold for us. Just Fascinating !😮

[@notmyname9625]

Enormous potention

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

Thats how I find tech in fighting games. Tech I never use lol.

[@MaizeSnallygaster]

It sounds like he is just admitting he’s an accident 😂.

[@hb.raafay]

"..and will undoubtedly continue to break the mould." I see what you did there

[@anonymousmonkey9491]

somewhere in an alternative universe, some of the fungi would evolve into sentient mushroom folks that call themselves toads, ruled by one of the few surviving descendants of the humans: a young girl called peach.

[@femboiii]

but another intelligent species of turtles would kidnapp her to mate with their king and so the last human italians were sent to rescue her

[@neinotter]

@@femboiii Who would be disappointed upon finding that the princess was on another planet.

[@gabby222themoon]

Love it 😂

[@stardewofpyrrhia4381]

@@neinotter😂

[@siamsiamguite2909]

Mario

[@The_Observer_god]

Fungi: Thats the Yeast i can do.

[@verymadcadet]

Lmao

[@sycronix_]

THE greates pun in the comment section

[@male20yearsold]

Very yeast

[@freddyorlando9275]

Perhaps Fungi aren't even native to the Earth it has been an alien invader all along.

[@ethandomingo2919]

I really like this idea

[@PabloJames-Fitzgerald]

Plants vs zombies lore would go crazy

[@nzuckman]

Genomics seems to suggest otherwise - unless we wildly misunderstand the process of evolution 🫣

[@jer103]

It's why fungi have their own classification/Biological Kingdom. They are aliens.

[@zax1998LU]

Wack

[@letoasterist419]

Well, fungi can live in space because there's mush-room.

[@TomTom_.]

😂😂this ate!

[@DaSplorchedOne]

So mush-room! Yeah!

[@ving9377]

This made me blow a lot of air from my nose 😂 tnx

[@EchoRoss]

love u

[@ChiefTgr]

wonderful!

[@gilangignasraharjo6138]

This is an explanation why Orks are such a strong faction

[@justarandomyoutubeviewer2749]

One with the Boiz

[@vincent412l7]

With that survivability and adaptability, invasive strains will be impossible to eradicate.

[@360.Tapestry]

let them terraform for a decade and then see what we got... a new eden or lovecraftian nightmare?

[@SCP-173peanut]

​@@360.Tapestryfungi dont need to control another planet, *THEY ALREADY CONTROL OURS*

[@WillDraco]

That's only a concern if the engineered strains release spores. I'm pretty sure we could make certain that they don't if we're planning on sending the stuff to Mars; biological contamination outside the habitats would be a big no-no.

[@Cool-Vest]

Let's see what we can do with some genetic sequencing technology. Customize the fungi to suit us.

[@awesomehpt8938]

Because a mushroom is a fungi to have around up in space

[@NuhuhTM]

Comment of the year right here👆🎉

[@serenity8839]

Because everyone loves him, he is a really Fungi.

[@Simqer]

I have been itching to read the comments for this joke every time she said Fungi.

[@serenity8839]

@@Simqer Its honestly very hard to resist the urge.

[@jonathanhoffman7464]

Amazing. Mushrooms are truly one of the apex life forms of our planet. I feel like it's Mushrooms, us, and trees, in that order

[@McCoyFromSpace]

Oi what about the dolphins

[@divineconfetti649]

Don’t forget octopuses, who have remained the same evolutionarily for millions of years

[@Aiibh]

Not putting humans at the apex is so tone deaf😂.

[@jonathanhoffman7464]

@mccoyfromspace @divineconfetti649 those are some really good suggestions, but I feel like they haven’t dominated the world in the same way trees, mushrooms and us have. Like, there was a time when life on earth almost died because trees were creating too much oxygen. Then mushrooms were the ones who finally started to eat them, and they almost run the decomposition stage. Idk if octopi or dolphins have gotten that level of domination, though they’re super impressive still.

[@McCoyFromSpace]

@@jonathanhoffman7464 oh I agree with you, I was initially just referencing Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 😂

[@germanomagnone]

wow, this space mushroom stuff, sounds like a cross between "travel to the center of the earth" and "trip to the moon" to me.

[@curvingfyre6810]

Wait, they can use radiation as energy? Like, radiosynthesis?? We could seed these on random planets and they'd start entire new biospheres. Thats nuts.

[@feynstein1004]

That's literally photosynthesis, mate 😂 You know? Generating energy from photons i.e. electromagnetic radiation

[@beeman2075]

Sounds intriguing, but there is the invasive scenario: Fungi is discovered to be pervasive inside a human-made capsule, covering all surfaces, and so we decide to take it to an alien planet suitable for humans where our earth fungi then spreads out and destroys native species.

[@Poonda-ju8xe]

Don’t colonize alien planets with fungi then? Just terraform an uninhabited one.

[@user-ci2fd8vc2f]

Yeah you are talking about leaving the solar system. We dont even know if that’s possible yet.

[@HoboGardenerBen]

We'd probably end up experiencing that way sooner here on Earth in the process of growing structures or sometyhing

[@mistrsportak9940]

Are you talking about alien life?

[@RabbitShirak]

No wonder the Orks are so resilient in Warhammer 40k.

[@sethorlando]

I want to ready a scifi book using this technology for space colonization and terraforming. This is so interesting!

[@michaelsaunders1400]

Go for it!

[@Asterism_Desmos]

Very interesting! Though I wouldn’t trust a habitat made of fungus, but I’m not an astronaut so I don’t think NASA is worried about my opinions 💀

[@recurvestickerdragon]

I for one welcome our goopy bio-ship space jungle future

[@Ruthavecflute]

I can imagine them using the fungi as insulation from heat and radiation but also having a thin skin - kind of like the tent like hab in The Martian inside that as a final barrier to act as an extra air seal. You might even have alternaling layers of fungus and canvas. If you did that you could even have a presure gradient between the layers e.g. a wall like this: outside, canvas, fugal layer at 30% living presure, canvas, fugal layer at 60% living presure, canvas, living area. Granted, that meant a lot more material to send, but given the increased safty it might be thought worth it, and with a system live that you could have sensors tomonitor pressure between the layers to give advanced warning, so your not is a situation where ripped canvas would make the whole structure decompress. 60% living pressure might not be healthy, but it would be suvivable for much longer than the scanty atmospheric pressure of Mars or the Moon, so there would be more time to fix the problem.

[@arlorizo4587]

Most homes have fungus growing in them anyways.

[@cameronschyuder9034]

@@arlorizo4587yes, but that’s not the same as relying on them for a large part of your home integrity. Currently the fungi living in our homes are (mostly) unintended residents. Exceptions are medications derived from fungi and food fungi

[@straighttalk9999]

not only that but because of the lack of mass a single spore is,it could be sent at near light speeds to other planets a millenia away

[@nerdlingeeksly5192]

considering fungi were the first flora to blanket landmasses and evolved into the 1st trees, I would say their the perfect candidates to use on a barren alien rock.

[@DegreesOfThree]

Fungi did not evolve into trees 🤦 Plants are in a different phylogenetic kingdom than fungi.

[@nerdlingeeksly5192]

@@DegreesOfThree my apologies, I heard somewhere they were the 1st to evolve outer bark and true wood, eventually trading spores for seeds. Basically going from fungi, to ferns, to trees; now I can't find the dang source I heard it from despite it being about a week ago.

[@clarawasarmada]

@@nerdlingeeksly5192 yes there were large tree-like fungi called Prototaxite, they were similar to large poles, they mostly died out due to competition from plants and more efficient competitors, but yes, they were pretty large, similar in size to trees

[@Eddy-nn7wj]

​@@nerdlingeeksly5192 this theory has changed, but it still not sure, just as much in science is. For now it is presumed that algae were the first, then larger plants rose as soil was taken over. The plants left a lot of organics behinds, which means a lot of food and an opportunity for fungi decomposers. The most interesting thing is that when the plant needed to spread its seed, mobile fungi eventually became more and more animalistic. This can be seen in the cell changes - plant has thick wall, fungi a wall and a membrane, animal - a membrane. I've also read a book which stated that our ego hailed from fungi, ever hungry for more.

[@gabrielgarcia7554]

@nerdlingeeksly5192 Unfortunately you heard wrong; fungi come from plants (in the sense that so do animals) but they split off from plants MYA. For plants it went from algae, mosses, ferns/fern allies, to eventually to plants that have seeds. There’s a YT channel called PBS Eons that talks about paleobotany among other things, that you would enjoy! Check it out!

[@Crossfirev]

I now understand why all these historic events are happening, the universe is high on the mushrooms these scientists are shooting into space.

[@Eric1396]

Forget space, I want my own house to be built out of mushrooms!

[@Wind-D]

The recent videos are also as good as the old ones. So it was hard to believe a 20 hours ago TED-Ed video came to my feed and not 12 years ago.

[@DoctorX17]

And one day fungi will give us faster than light travel too! Amazing stuff. Astromycology is amazing

[@computerized7833]

this reminds me of a game, a specific one, about killing bosses and crafting and exploring, and it has a biome, about blue mushrooms..

[@gaargiimehra8434]

damn that's so interesting to see actual use of kingdom fungi in development of space research

[@NukeTelAviv]

Why do they show us this stuff but never explain what is preventing it from being in use?

[@gustavocarvalholoboleite3526]

Ted -ed sugestion to next history video: Los Angeles ritos of 1992

[@radostinangelov9193]

If there was a fungi on the space shuttle inside, there was outside too for sure, and I bet a spores of that fungi are wandering in the space and imagine after a thousands or even million of years they land on a place that they can thrive, which we found out they don't need much to do so, and transform that place into a more habitable environment for a more complex fungi to start developing and reach a stage to become a more than a fungi but a plant

[@thelegaleagle_vt]

Your videos make learning so enjoyable. Keep up the great work!

[@broccanmacronain457]

I was wondering what the fungi feed on until you said they were mixing it with cyanobacteria so we are talking Lichen. There is nothing organic in the regolith for the fungi to feed on unless you create fungi that feed off radiation or inorganics that make them lichen.

[@franciscorios7255]

Thanks for this video it gave me REAL Hope❤

[@jacekrall5080]

With all the positive fungus based media being made in 2024 from Netflix's mystic mycelium movie and that mushroom themed kids show also on Netflix but also two animated videos somewhere on KZbin About how cool and amazing mushrooms and other fungi are has lead me to the conclusion that Some people are beginning to believe that mushrooms and other fungi are the ultimate life forms and this only furthers it

[@jacekrall5080]

And if I were to be blatantly obvious if you gathered all of the evidence and then told me that fungi were the ultimate life forms I would probably believe you.

[@KCH55]

​@@jacekrall5080 mushrooms are pretty dang awesome! Wait until you learn about their health benefits.

[@jskdhwoxbeod]

Fungi has always been my favorite group of living things for a reason ❤

[@ganaspin]

Now imagine if fungi are actually the most prevailing type of life across the universe

[@Quaaysan]

This is such a well put together video, brava

[@frankfrank366]

They didn't even address that the title is a lie

[@yashwanthkumar4396]

Scavengers's Reign😮

[@germanomagnone]

instead of a zombie-creating mushroom apocalypse, there will be space mushroom houses

[@mimumi3723]

I am also kind of curious about the idea of using mushrooms to saturate the regolith and turn it into soil as tey did thousands upon thousands of years on our planet. As much as I know, these are the guys which were responsible for the plant life and consequently animal life emerging from the oceans onto the land! Of course it would take much more time than we could probably afford to wait, but why not research this anyway?

[@recurvestickerdragon]

problem is, the moon is too small to hold on to any substantial atmosphere. First, cuz low gravity means it doesn't have a tight grip. Second, there's no magnetic field to protect it from the solar wind literally sandblasting it away. in domes though, sure absolutely.

[@mimumi3723]

@@recurvestickerdragon I was talking about Mars, however the lack of magnetic field is shared with that planet as well. Maybe it will change once we will have enough energy to "launch" Mars's core :shrug:

[@mastigoz]

Warhammer 40k ork fans feel so validated right now.

[@zwiebeldogs]

The fantasy concept of mushroom houses for lil guys repurposed into a realistic yet sci-fi sounding future. This is so cool

[@danielhern3816]

I need a love death + robots episode about this NOW

[@noahh.gagnacci3237]

Super interesting, like all of this channel's videos!!! Love this channel!!!

[@JordanBeagle]

0:50 That way you'll have some penicillin if you need it

[@Claireliu1223]

Ted Ed was very educative ❤

[@Xamarin491]

I wonder how fungal houses would would stand against martian sand storms

[@leelabix]

My two fascinations in one video omg

[@abhishekdeval8314]

Now I wonder if mushroom were sent to this plant to make it habitable before humans existed 🤔

[@marcomaticc9420]

Imagine tripping balls on another planet or on space looking earth from the distance. Mind blown.

[@Explorer-um7dm]

Why did the mushroom go to space...?🤔 To find out if it could truly be a *fun-gi* to be with in the universe ! Yes !🍄‍

[@hector4913]

lol !

[@ziarahim2583]

Because there was muchroom :)

[@adriand2895]

Amazing, educational and interesting video. TED Ed never disappoints!❤❤❤

[@karbengo]

1:12 mirror Earth.

[@kennethnelson7865]

"Space hazard beginnings" LOL! Nice and informative video.

[@TheChickenFairy.]

there’s people who study fungi, and there’s people who let fungi study them 🙂

[@gutfriedvonguttenberg5614]

Damn, that's really some HIGH quality s

[@patrickstening]

i can't grow mushrooms on earth but these people managed to grow mushrooms on mars😭

[@Cowboy_boy1]

When it all seems to be way too good to be true, has to have a catch but thank you for showing the brighter side of things!!!

[@SimSam-Oke]

Can you explain why these amazing technologies are not already used’here… on Earth? Sustainable houses, surely more affordable, without or little concrete, which is a major issue (sand, pollution, ….). What is the point of all this Space business ? Mining rare ressources by privâtes companies is one huge aspect, not the only one. meanwhile on Earth we are ruining our environnement and let the poor become poorer, and all of us with big Health issues. I honestly am more and more angry with these vidéos explaining how smart we are and close to conquer the Universe, without analysing the context , thé pros and cons, etc… Ps I do love Ted ed !!

[@FranRojo91]

Cost efficiency would be my Guess, the reason why concrete and plastic are so prevalent is because of how insanely cheap and good at doing their job they are

[@Passion84GodAlways]

Absolutely FASCINATING! 😁

[@joestuff8]

The fungus is among us 🍄 🛰

[@josefroque5551]

Very biopunk. Might use it in my Biopunk story.

[@Hippienolic2]

How would they prevent the Cyanobacteria from infesting the fresh water systems that we’d need for survival?

[@ghostderazgriz]

Sounds like you have research to do

[@Carlos-bz5oo]

Cyanobacteria are basically tiny algae. If anything, having them in your water would help your nutrion

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

They need light to photosynthesize and grow, so keep your clean water away from light.

[@Hippienolic2]

@@Carlos-bz5oo I asked because the lake near me is full of it making it unsafe for people and pets to swim

[@Booren]

"He who controls the spores, controls the universe".

[@mukul4714]

Never knew the fungi will be that of use after 10 class science 😁😂

[@moodyrick8503]

Do you mean fungal spores like mold, such as antibiotics like penicillin are made of ? _"of use after 10 science class"._

[@moodyrick8503]

@@b.a.erlebacher1139 I made no comment on the "sloppily" worded statement that was made. _(that is your reference)_ I overlooked that, and tried to respond to their assertion about the future usefulness of what is taught in Gr. 10 science class.

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

@@moodyrick8503 I wrote a long reply to the original poster about new current and future applications of mycology in engineering and materials science, but youtube lost it. I hope it kept the similar post I made for someone else. I thought you were criticising the poster's English by quoting it. Apologies.

[@moodyrick8503]

@@b.a.erlebacher1139 I'm sorry if I gave you the impression that I thought you were disagreeing with me. I was just pointing out flaws in the video, and thought I'd mention a relevant study that was brought to my attention. Too bad your blog disappeared, I would have liked to have read it. It is exceptionally maddening, to put out a well thought out reply, only to have it disappear after it's posted. (damn KZbin) And no prob on being mistaken. I always appreciate that kind of honesty, as an acknowledgement like yours, is so rare these days. Kudos to you, Sir.

[@yourfather8865]

Man, Fungi becomes cooler every year, it's a good time to be a mushroom lover

[@BentoTran]

hello

[@AroundTheBlockAgain]

Massive respect for the funky little life forms that dgaf about cosmic radiation

[@Alaine.Rochon]

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[@kaka-jf5ih]

God bless you and your family more abundantly

[@kaka-jf5ih]

I'm genuinely curious to know how you earn that much

[@Alaine.Rochon]

Thanks to my co-worker (Alex) who suggested Ms Claudia Ann Brandon.

[@Alaine.Rochon]

She's a licensed broker in the states 🇺🇸

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[@arlorizo4587]

As a w.d.o. inspector, this absolutely blows my mind.

[@rustypaladin]

First😊

[@SuperCoder-k1n]

oh stop

[@BasicPhi6427]

nope

[@SuperCoder-k1n]

@@BasicPhi6427 ok fine second🙃

[@DaLing731]

This sounds like the breakthrough we needed 😳😳😳

[@AncientMythology-History]

Who is watching this in 2045???

[@rajarebahan478]

me

[@SkyGuardianHelmet]

I can imagine a future where only the composition of a planet and a combination of fungi will be enough for completely terraforming the planet

[@VEE727]

4:25 oh look. A white Caucasian male. I thought they were extinct on Ted ed.

[@yoannbelleville7763]

sudenly, the Orks near invincibility from 40k makes a lot of sens.

[@joe-bh9so]

Can the Ted team do a video on lichens, please?

[@bradonhoover3002]

"Yeaaah I'm gonna need relocation assistance, my house died"

[@197inch3wheelelectricforklift]

Spores… Looks like we’re finishing up on the civilization stage already.

[@rumiazhari7387]

I am doing master’s thesis on utilizing fungi as scaffold for water treatment. I was very surprised by the capability of fungi, we engineers and scientists in water treatment field were typically only looking at bacteria, but rarely or might never were very attentive towards fungi.

[@user-ci2fd8vc2f]

That’s very cool!

[@AncestorDigital]

And they all said that the fun guy wasn't going anywhere.

[@centuriondominicus7871]

Bio tech terrifies me but this is really cool

[@thermalnuclearwar]

this is insanely cool

[@germanomagnone]

i agree

[@PhilTruthborne]

I can't beleve i haven't heard about fungi being able to survive in space until now, that is actually groundbreaking! ...or maybe i should say groundbinding?

[@ZenithF0RTE]

Thanks for another great space video!

[@rafi.x]

this reminded me of a tv series scavengers reign. it has such a similar feeling to this video.

[@ennoiarte21]

day by day my respect for fungi is growing bigger and bigger!

[@Thirty_Five]

AH... I see. "Break the mold".

[@austingiles3289]

I am now terrified of the irreversibly

[@harmonetheanimationaddict4419]

Man the natural world can pull off some amazing stuff sometimes.

[@krossbow789]

>scientists are shooting fungi into space This sounds like a setup for a sci-fi horror movie.

[@caesiumtable-baron7314]

Hyper-evolved 'shrooms from space, mutated by cosmic radiation, surviving in asteroids.

[@lordofchaosinc.261]

Maybe is a fungi-network out there that connects the galaxies.

[@JasonEllingsworth]

It is theorized that every form of life is simply a fungus, that takes on many different forms. We simply perceive and reclassify everything to the point of seeing it as all separate.

[@RoguePlutonia]

There's an old sci fi book called Hothouse where at the end of the Earth there's a conscious fungus that binds with a surviving human and shows the human how life used to be

[@chrisregister8021]

You could grow a protective shield, send a small amount up there and it can create its own, also use it for fuel? This has a lot of potential...

[@timoth4529]

this feels like a video you will find the in a post apocalyps video game, explaining the beginning of the end.