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NASA is Everywhere: Farming Tech with Roots in Space

Mar 14
2019

Today is National Agriculture Day! From enabling higher crop yields to maximizing every drop of water for farmers, NASA is working to help transform the agriculture industry. Check out some of the farming tools that have roots at NASA:

Growing plants can be tough, whether you’re on a spaceship or Earth. A special fertilizer made it easier for astronauts on the International Space Station and farmers down below, resulting in just one of the space program’s many contributions to agriculture.

Numerous farming tools have roots at NASA. Over the years, companies large and small have partnered with the agency, honed technologies and delivered innovations to benefit the industry. These are just a few examples:

Uranus smells like farts, astronomers have confirmed — and the discovery indicates there was ‘a big shakeup’ early in the solar system

Posted by Michael Lance in space

Mar 14
2019

Uranus’ hydrogen-sulfide gas is also extremely toxic.

Scientists had suspected that Uranus had clouds of hydrogen sulfide, a compound that gives rotten eggs and flatulence their pungent smells. But researchers couldn’t be certain until new Gemini Observatory telescope observations.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Posted by Mary Jain in futurism

Mar 14
2019

Docked safely ❤️.

Looking For Life On Mars? Go Underground, Say Scientists

Posted by Bill Retherford in alien life

Mar 14
2019

A tantalizing study recommends a new mission to the Red Planet.

Harvard University uncovers DNA switch that controls genes for whole-body regeneration

Posted by Genevieve Klien in biotech/medical, life extension

Mar 14
2019

Humans may one day have the ability to regrow limbs after scientists at Harvard University uncovered the DNA switch that controls genes for whole-body regeneration.

Some animals can achieve extraordinary feats of repair, such as salamanders which grow back legs, or geckos which can shed their tails to escape predators and then form new ones in just two months.

Planarian worms, jellyfish, and sea anemones go even further, actually regenerating their entire bodies after being cut in half.

Deep-Sea Explorers Discover Wreck of WWII Aircraft Carrier USS Wasp

Posted by Genevieve Klien in military

Mar 14
2019

More than 70 years after it was torpedoed and sunk during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal, the aircraft carrier USS Wasp has been discovered in the Coral Sea.

Wasp was spotted on the seabed, in 14,000 feet of water, by the research vessel (RV) Petrel, part of a research organization established by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen, in January.