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6 days ago

Spaceflight supercharges viruses' ability to infect bacteria

Bacteriophages adapted to microgravity conditions became more effective at infecting bacteria, revealing mutations with higher pathogenic efficacy.
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1 month ago

Butterfly Emerges From Chrysalis in Zero Gravity

A butterfly successfully hatched and adapted to microgravity inside an unmanned, minimally shielded chrysalis experiment aboard China's Tiangong space station.
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5 months ago

Russia Tests Whether Life Could Spread Between Planets With Spacecraft Filled With Critters

A Russian satellite crash landed in a field south west of Moscow earlier this month while carrying some unusual cargo: about 1,500 flies, 75 mice, seeds, a bunch of microbes, and various cell tissues. The Bion-M No 2 satellite's mission was to study the impact of space on these critters, but to also test the wild concept - a theory called panspermia - that life came to Earth via microorganisms hitching a ride on a comet, meteor or asteroid.
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