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The reproductive spores of a moss species were able to somehow survive the vacuum of space during a 9-month stint outside the International Space Station. In the immortal words of Jeff Goldblum, life, ...

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Moss spores survived in outer space for a majority of 2022, and could even reproduce as usual when they were eventually returned to Earth, according to a new study from researchers who say their ...

For humanity to establish a sustained presence in space, cultivating plants is essential for survival. And now, researchers from Hokkaido University in Japan have conducted experiments to understand ...

SINGAPORE – At first glance, it may seem counterintuitive. Teachers in Singapore are among the world’s fastest adopters of artificial intelligence (AI) and, to be fair, they probably thought it would ...

Synopsis: Every first and third Tuesday of the month, The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change. In recent months, a globally ...

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Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night, cells power photosynthesis on the lowest light levels ever observed in nature. Most of life’s engines run on sunlight. Photons filter ...