The garbage trucks in your cells
The biology of extreme survival
The micro-farm inside your gut
Humans as planetary lifeboats
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Master of How your body recycles itself
007skaty Planetary Lifeboats
We are walking lifeboats (we are lifeboats) / carrying a trillion tiny lives inside (lives inside)
007skaty NASA studies how to stop bone-destroying osteoclasts from outworking bone-building osteoblasts to protect astronauts on a three-year Mars
007skaty A color-coded diagram shows the chemical flow inside the ISS Sabatier reactor.
007skaty Balance vital organs to learn how the human body sustains itself like a living planet.
Space water recovery: In 2023, NASA reached a historic 98% water recovery rate on the International Space Station, recycling almost all moisture.
The community of microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi, that inhabit a particular environment. In 2026, scientists analyzed how astronauts carry vital microbiomes to preserve terrestrial life on Mars missions.
Which chemical reactor on the space station combines carbon dioxide and hydrogen to make water?
What is the name of the NASA project testing self-growing nutrients using engineered yeast?
Which antioxidant nutrient is produced by NASA's engineered space yeast in just 24 hours?
What is the name of the life support system that recycles water and air on the ISS?
What record-breaking water recovery percentage did NASA achieve on the ISS in 2023?
Which bone-destroying cells become hyperactive in microgravity, causing bone loss?