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Will worms in space lead to life on Mars?

U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — A microscopic worm may offer clues to how humans will cope with long-term space exploration.New research shows that in space, C. elegans develop from egg to adulthood and produces progeny exactly how they do on earth, making the worms an ideal and cost-effective experimental system to investigate the effects of long-duration space travel....

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Source: Futurity.org - Friday, 2 December


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