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Aquaponics: Pros and Cons

By: Kate Li, Journalist

Aquaponics is a water-efficient way to grow crops and raise fish. The fish and plants depend on each other for survival.

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The Truth Behind GMO

By: Emma Huang, Journalist

Did you know that 80% of all foods in the U.S.A. have at least one ingredient that is a GMO? So what is GMO? And does it really do more harm than good?

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Composting is a controlled, aerobic (oxygen-required) process. That is a mixture of organic materials (for example food waste, dried leaves, etc.) into a nutrient-rich soil amendment with is used as plant fertilizer and to improve soil's physical, chemical, and biological properties.

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Plants Grown in Moon Soil

By: Olivia Sim, Journalist

A team of scientists at the University of Florida have recently made an amazing discovery that proved lunar regolith a suitable substance to grow arabidopsis thaliana, or thale cress. Although the sprouts did indeed show up from the moon soil, the growth was visibly more stunted than the plants in volcanic ash.

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Robotic Venus Flytrap

By: Arnutchay Sy, Reporter

Researchers turned a living Venus Flytrap plant into a cyborg robotic arm capable of grabbing objects.

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