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If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about the possible dangers

of growing leafy greens in microgravity, a study that let

AI tag along with a toddler to learn language the human way, and research on

stabilizing elephant populations on the upcoming Artemis missions, humans have already started looking beyond the Moon to Mars, and even

beyond that. But as human missions in space grow longer and longer, bigger and bolder challenges

pop up, and one of those has everything to do with Salmonella.

Okay I'm sorry did. Did you say Salmonella in space? I sure did. So here's the thing.

Let's say you're going to Mars you're going to be gone from you know

potentially years so much of your

prepackaged food can absolutely last that long but to maintain good health it would help

to have fresh produce okay and where there's fresh produce there's a chance for

bacteria that hangs out on said fresh produce. Exactly. Can't you just I don't know like

get rid of all the salam vanilla before you take the seeds on board? Well, it turns out that vegetables like lettuce can carry pathogens regardless of how well they're washed.

But there is a twist. A new study has found that not only do vegetables carry those pathogens along with them into space, but

those pathogens behave differently in microgravity, and unfortunately not in a good way.

I didn't even think about microgravity, but it makes sense.

All of those normal everyday things we take for

granted on Earth are going to be different in space. I guess food-borne pathogens wouldn't be any different.

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