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A farm from above

AI could monitor farms from space to look for illegal pollution

8 April 2019

AI can find farms from space. The technique is being used to monitor some farms in Europe and may eventually be able to flag those that break the law

Swabbing for microbes in space

NASA says the International Space Station is covered in bacteria

8 April 2019

NASA has catalogued all the bacteria and fungi on the ISS to help better prepare for future missions to Mars

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