The South by Southwest Festival and Conference has officially returned to Austin. If you've opted not to buy a badge this year, you can still have an exciting experience filled with the fest's free ...

Five previously unknown tree-dwelling snake species, including one named in honor of Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, were found ...

Tests involving growing chickpea plants in lunar regolith treated with vermicompost and fungi yielded harvestable crops — but ...

Scientists have grown chickpeas in simulated moon dirt—raising the possibility that future astronauts could one day harvest ...

As the U.S. plans to return to the moon with the upcoming Artemis II mission, a question endures: What will future lunar explorers eat? According to new research from The University of Texas at Austin ...

Scientists grew chickpeas in simulated moon soil, raising the possibility that astronauts could one day grow crops on future ...

Homegrown chickpeas could be on the menu for future astronauts. With help from compost and symbiotic fungi, chickpea plants grow and produce seeds in simulated lunar dirt, researchers report March 5 ...

This is the first instance of this crop produced in this medium. Chickpeas aren’t the first crop that comes to mind when you think about lunar agriculture. But a new study suggests the humble legume ...

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