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在月球上种植物如何给地球带来好处？

如何才能让你的花园作物肆意生长？除了交替出现的充足的阳光与温柔的雨露、忙碌的蜜蜂和蝴蝶为植物授粉，你还需要良好、肥沃的土壤来提供必要的矿物质。但是，想象一下，你没有肥沃的土壤，也没有阵雨，更没有蜜蜂和蝴蝶。阳光要么太刺眼、太直接，要么干脆没有——温度也会跌到零下。

Here's how growing plants on the Moon could benefit Earth

What do you need to make your garden grow? As well as plenty of sunshine alternating with gentle showers of rain – and busy bees and butterflies to pollinate the plants – you need good, r...

居里夫人诞辰150周年，谁是新的女性科学偶像？

有时我很高兴我已经上了年纪并且已经攀上了职业阶梯，我无法想象在现下作为一名希望取得成就的年轻女性会是如何。无论想要进入哪个领域，她们都可能不仅身负大学学费的债务，还必须对抗歧视与骚扰。不幸的是学术界也不例外。玛丽亚·斯克沃多夫斯卡·居里（1867年11月7日-1934年7月4日）作为最著名的女科学家，在物理和化学两个领域分别获得诺贝尔奖——有此殊荣的仅有四人。对她在这个过...

150 years after Marie Curie's birth, do we need to find new role models?

Sometimes I’m glad I’m old(ish) and have made it up the career ladder. I can’t imagine what it must be like to be a young woman trying to become established today. Not only are they likel...

We've found Philae - this is why it still matters

Rosetta’s mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimanko is coming to an end – plans are already in place for a grand finale on September 30, when the orbiter will land gracefully (erm, crash...

What has Philae told us about the composition of comets?

Why space exploration is worth the money

The promise of space exploration in 2015

Who owns space?