Author: Lisa Ruth Rand
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Gardening in Outer Space: A Conversation with Simon Gilroy
in PodcastsAstronauts love growing plants in space, and it turns out there are benefits for us on Earth. Botanist Simon Gilroy discusses his experiments growing cotton in zero gravity.
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NASA and the Explosive 1960s: A Conversation with Neil Maher
in PodcastsThe author of the new book “Apollo in the Age of Aquarius” shows how NASA shaped, and was shaped by, 1960s environmentalism, feminism, conservatism, counterculture, antiwar protests, and the black freedom struggle.
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Biosphere 2: Why an Eccentric Ecological Experiment Still Matters 25 Years Later
in CommentaryFour scholars and one of the original “biospherians” offer their takes on perhaps the largest private science experiment in history.