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07/15/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Green thumb in space: NASA has decided that gardening in space is crucial for the next generation of explorers

Aside from having to adjust to an environment that’s vastly different from Earth’s, future explorers will have to learn how to grow their own food so they can have access to vegetables while they’re exploring space. However, this isn’t as easy as cultivating a garden in your backyard. In space, astronauts will have to deal […]

06/05/2018 / By RJ Jhonson

Tomato plants “eavesdrop” on snails to build preemptive defenses

New research could change the way you see the tomato. Findings published in this year’s March edition of Oecologia indicate that this salad favorite can detect an incoming attack from pests and launch a preemptive defense system that deters various herbivorous species. John Orrock, an ecologist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, found that tomatoes can […]

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