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Extreme weather, coupled with land degradation, continues to impede the sustainability of agriculture across the planet. Scientists believe that the developing technologies meant for the harsh environments on Mars can also help make farming on Earth more sustainable. Aside from the Moon, NASA is...

Photo by Chiring Chandan from Wikimedia Commons. Space habitats of the future need to come up with ways to sustain their food supply without depending on resupply missions from Earth.  This is why Jane Shevtsov, administrator of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA),  partnered...