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There is a place in Antarctica where, even in the endless winter, fresh herbs, lettuce and tomato plants will grow. But the garden is more than a treat for polar scientists, who will cultivate the greens at the Neumayer III polar station. The researchers will also test how fresh plant-based food could be provided during future missions to the Moon and Mars. 

Modern science can hardly be conceived without analyzing huge amounts of data. Twentieth-century airplanes generate a lot of data — about the engine systems, fuel use, crew activity, and even weather systems they encountered. So, in order to characterize an aircraft, it takes about one million data sets with multiple related pieces of information. Find out more about how the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is seeking to evaluate those huge amounts of data.

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