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The Challenge Of Space Gardening: One Giant 'Leaf' For Mankind
NASA has decided that gardening in space will be crucial for the next generation of explorers, who need to feed themselves on missions to the Moon or Mars that may last months or years.
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Load up on Mangosteen: What Makes this Tropical Fruit Such a Treat?
Titled as the -queen of tropical fruits- around 1903 by David Fairchild, an American plant explorer and botanist, and later in his 1930-book Exploring for Plants, the delicious purple mangosteen has been known by that name since. And its not called so without reason.
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Laboratory Project Aims to Revive Rare Florida Orchids
Orchid enthusiasts may soon no longer have to traipse through Florida's swamps in search of rare blooms - they'll just have to look up as they walk down busy sidewalks.
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Facebook battles to stay young and cool
Sixteen-year-old Owen Fairchild doesn't hang out at Facebook as much as he did when he was just a kid.
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Breast-feeding photos of military moms stir debate
The Washington National Guard and Fairchild Air Force Base say two nursing mothers were wrong to be photographed in uniform breast-feeding their babies.
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The Challenge Of Space Gardening: One Giant 'Leaf' For Mankind
NASA has decided that gardening in space will be crucial for the next generation of explorers, who need to feed themselves on missions to the Moon or Mars that may last months or years.
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Load up on Mangosteen: What Makes this Tropical Fruit Such a Treat?
Titled as the -queen of tropical fruits- around 1903 by David Fairchild, an American plant explorer and botanist, and later in his 1930-book Exploring for Plants, the delicious purple mangosteen has been known by that name since. And its not called so without reason.
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Laboratory Project Aims to Revive Rare Florida Orchids
Orchid enthusiasts may soon no longer have to traipse through Florida's swamps in search of rare blooms - they'll just have to look up as they walk down busy sidewalks.
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Facebook battles to stay young and cool
Sixteen-year-old Owen Fairchild doesn't hang out at Facebook as much as he did when he was just a kid.
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Breast-feeding photos of military moms stir debate
The Washington National Guard and Fairchild Air Force Base say two nursing mothers were wrong to be photographed in uniform breast-feeding their babies.
