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Prozac for Plants
How do you get plants to grow on Mars? Step one: relieve their anxiety.
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Microscopic view of Carnobacterium pleistocenium bacteria
NASA Finds Life at 'Extremes'
NASA finds 32,000-year-old life under the Alaskan ice.
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Radishes being grown in the Space Life Sciences Lab.
Radishes and Rockets
Research yields clues for growing crops in space.
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Astronaut Peggy Whitson works out onboard the International Space Station.
Why do Workouts Work?
By exploring how and why exercise causes muscles to grow, scientists hope to help astronauts avoid muscle atrophy.
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Plant research
Farming for the Future
How aggressive is lettuce? Can plants grow under purple light? The answers could have a big impact on future missions.
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The Body's Balance System
See how this system is very sensitive to gravity, in fact, it's gravity that makes it work...
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The Body's Muscles and Bones
See how this system has serious problems adapting to space.
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The Body's Endocrine/Renal System
See how this system automatically adjusts the level of water in our bodies.
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