Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Worms in Space - More info

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=f0c04bed-69ed-4c4f-8424-07cfe501a20c&k=63148

From the Vancouver Sun:

Tiny space worms coming home to B.C. next week

Glenn Bohn, Vancouver SunPublished: Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Hundreds of thousands of little worms that have been flying around in space reproducing might help pave the way for humans in a similar endeavour -- the flying part, at least.

For six months the worms -- each about one millimetre long -- have been among the live cargo at the International Space Station, successfully reproducing for about 25 generations while being subjected to radiation from outer space.

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