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This NASA-inspired technology converts carbon dioxide into food.
Good News Notes: “NASA asked the same question in the 1960s. And the challenge of feeding a year-long space mission led to a remarkable discovery: when astronauts exhale, the carbon dioxide in their breath can be captured by a special class of microbes – and potentially turned into nutrients. Now an American company has taken…
NASA is learning how to farm on Mars and the moon
Good News Notes: “Whether from continent to continent or coast to coast, people have always made their big moves together with plants. Traveling away from Earth would be no different. Our success on other worlds will rest, in part, on the supple stems of plants. “Plants are things that we take with us as explorers,”…
China lands on Mars in major advance for its space ambitions
Good News Notes: “China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in the latest step forward for its ambitious goals in space. Plans call for a rover to stay in the lander for a few days of diagnostic tests before rolling…
NASA’s asteroid-sampling mission will bid farewell to asteroid Bennu today
Good News Notes: “After more than two years circling a lumpy space rock called Bennu, it’s finally time for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to head back to Earth with a full load precious cargo: pieces of an asteroid. OSIRIS-REx (known formally as Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) collected asteroid samples from Bennu in October. Now…
NASA-backed project could automatically fix 3D printing for Moon bases
Good News Notes: “If humanity is going to 3D-print Moon bases, it can’t afford for things to go wrong — and NASA is backing technology to make sure those parts get built. According to Parabolic Arc, the agency recently selected a project from Relativity Space (which is working on 3D-printed rockets) that could detect and fix 3D printing…
Scientists reveal how coronavirus lockdowns in China reduced air pollution
Good News Notes: “Researchers have revealed more details of how China’s coronavirus lockdowns reduced air pollution.” “The research is part of a special collection of papers published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science in the journal Science Advances. The papers examine how pandemics affect – and are affected by – global environmental conditions. The coronavirus first…
Can Mushrooms Actually Help Save the Planet?
Good News Notes: “In college, Eben Bayer grew mushrooms under his dorm room bed. The mechanical engineering student, who had grown up on a Vermont farm, was convinced the fungus was one of nature’s most effective “technologies” and could be used to overhaul the way we make a range of everyday products. Thirteen years later,…
25 Amazing Virtual Field Trips For When You Can’t Be There in Person
Good News Notes: “Field trip out of the question? Think again. Thanks to technology, it’s now possible for kids to visit all kinds of places from the comfort of their classroom (or home!). We’ve compiled a list of the best virtual field trips for you, so enjoy your “visit”! Note: For anyone who needs it,…
Here’s How Lisa Dyson’s Startup Is Reducing World Hunger AND Combating Climate Change
Good News Notes: “Lisa Dyson combined her discovery of microbes that convert CO2 into nutrients with space-age technology developed by NASA during the 1960’s. The result is Air Protein, which mimics nature’s conversion of carbon dioxide into food sources. If you’re thinking gooey, unappetizing compounds served in foil packets, think again. Lisa’s technology might be based on…