May 2024
Beyond Earth’s magnetic field
... reaction to the impact. Medical personnel supervised the subjects, such that the sleep and rest schedules, food intake and drinking regimen were strictly regulated. The studies included a large set of methods approved by a bioethical...
October 2024
Space exploration remains a crucial endeavour for humanity
... arthroscope that uses aerospace-grade batteries for minimally invasive surgeries. Additionally, techniques for growing food in space inspire more sustainable vertical farming methods on Earth. The $71.2 billion in total economic output during...
October 2024
Cupola views: Karen Nyberg’s space-inspired fabric lines
.... She sewed a dinosaur toy for her son, Jack, from scraps of fabric that lined the Russian food containers, stuffed with pieces from old t-shirts. The toy, resembling a Tyrannosaurus Rex, had an olive-green...
10 August 2015
ISS lettuce: first food grown in space eaten by Scott Kelly, Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui
There are many perks to being an astronaut, but consuming fresh vegetables isn’t usually one of them. This is why International Space Station crewmembers Scott Kelly, Kjell Lindgren, and Kimiya Yui look so excited to eat red romaine lettuce in this ...
22 March 2017
Massive quasars can be powered by direct collapse black holes say scientists
... seeds as stars produce feedback that blows away the surrounding gas cloud, thus cutting off the ‘food’ source. So it was a catch-22 situation; quasars need supermassive black holes, which need DCBHs, which need massive...
18 September 2017
'Mars crew' emerge from isolation after 8 months study on Hawaii
... take advantage of Earth grown tropical fruits - a no doubt much welcome change of diet from the freeze-dried food they had mostly been consuming while conducting the experiment. The aim of the study was to better...
