Scott Mascione
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first heard Sep 2025
last heard 28 Aug
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University of Maryland researchers studied environments on the moon and then tried to see if earth-borne microbes would be able to handle the conditions.
The answer was yes if the bacteria and fungi were in pockets of shadow that protected them from lethal radiation.
Now, with NASA plans underway to get humans back on the moon by 2028, Stefano Bertone, a scientist who worked on the study, says they'll need to be careful.
We want to preserve the scientific record uh that the moon represents uh and that we don't want to contaminate the moon uh and just assume uh that everything will reset.
Bertone says NASA may need to consider how it collects samples to reduce contamination.
For NPR News, I'm Scott Mascioni in Baltimore.
PR reports.
University of Maryland researchers studied environments on the moon and then tried to see if earthborne microbes would be able to handle the conditions.
The answer was yes if the bacteria and fungi were in pockets of shadow that protected them from lethal radiation.
Now with NASA plans underway to get humans back on the moon by 2028, Stefano Bertone, a scientist who worked on the study, says they'll need to be careful.
Human composting is when a body is put into a container with mulch and fungi to naturally decompose and come out as soil.
That soil can go to loved ones or be donated to environmental projects.
Earth Funeral in Elkridge, Maryland, runs the largest body composting facility in the country and has the capacity to process 126 bodies at once.
Adrian Mathura bought a plan to be composted.
It's like my final gift to the earth.
When I die.
14 states have legalized composting as a way to dispose of bodies.
For NPR News, I'm Scott Mascione in Baltimore.
The hardest part about observing black holes is that they're black and hard to see, even on a high-resolution telescope.
The best way to look for them is to look at the stars they're shredding apart with their massive gravitational pulls.
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