ESA astronaut Tim Peake took 2kg of rocket seeds to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015 as part of his six-month Principia mission. The seeds endured intense vibrations from launch and ...

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The Rooibos in Space project has taken another step towards space, following a farewell hosted by Allison Areias, the United ...

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In 1879, Michigan State University botanist William James Beal buried 20 glass bottles filled with seeds and sand in an effort to answer a deceptively simple question: how long could seeds remain ...

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In 2021, MSU plant biologist Lars Brudvig dug for one of the Beal bottles to continue the seed germination study, first done by Wiiliam J. Beal in the 19th century. For nearly 150 years, researchers ...