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Moonflowers Grow On Lunar Surface With Bacterial Boost

The first lunar colonists will grow their own vegetables directly in the soil of the moon, while Earthbound romantics will order moonroses for their sweethearts. Researchers now claim that instead of carting tons of Earth soil to the moon for agriculture, moonfarms will use the dirt, rock and dust already present. The secret to growing plants on the seemingly infertile lunar surface? Just add bacteria. More »

8:00 AM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Ed Grabianowski
1,239 views, 7 comments

to-do lists for futurists

20 Things You Can Put on Your To-Do List Now to Change the World in 100 Years

To-do lists are a great way to plan your week, and it turns out they're also not a bad tool for futurists either. We've put together 20 to-do list items that anyone can use to stop environmental disaster, speed the invention of artificial intelligence, jumpstart a moon colony, and help everyone become posthuman. Usually it seems like ordinary people can't contribute to massive projects that require scientific minds as well as philosophers and other specialists. But there are actually a lot of things you can do. Over the past week we've posted four separate to-do lists for futurists, and now we bring them all together so you can print them out, tuck them in your pocket, and start checking items off to change the world. More »

3:22 PM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Annalee Newitz
16,149 views, 8 comments

Latest by Cheap Shot: @Grey_Area: I believe global warming and disease will help population control. Living off-world would be the best way to handle this problem but we would probably overpopulate another planet again within time. Humans grow more than twofold. We're like tribbles.[www.trekfrontier.com] more »

to-do lists for futurists

How to Jumpstart a Moon Colony From Your Bedroom

The next stage of human expansion will probably be into space, and the best place to start will be with a moon colony. Sure it's not as cool as Mars, but it's close by, which means easy rescue from Earth if things go wrong and a thriving tourism industry to support early colonization efforts. Maybe we can even build a space elevator to help people get there and back really quickly. Obviously we'd all love to visit the moon colony tomorrow, but it's not likely to exist for another 30 years at least. What can you put on your to-do list now to make sure the moon colony gets built faster? More »

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11:25 AM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Annalee Newitz
3,215 views, 29 comments

Latest by inconstant_reader: @NeoPoliticus: The Biodome project was destroyed by its own (mis)management and deception. There's a good 2005 summary of the whole thing at The Space Review. I do understand that Pauly Shore's career seems like it must have been the result of more »