Mosses, like the tardigrades of the plant world, are known to withstand extreme conditions, including harsh radiation and ...

In 2005, scientists announced that moss could grow inside of spaceships. The little plants the scientists sent up on NASA ...

The researchers simulated space conditions by exposing the three tissues to UV radiation and freezing and high temperatures.

The plant continued to thrive in the vacuum of space during an experiment conducted on the International Space Station. The ...

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An environmental chemistry laboratory at Duke University has solved a longstanding mystery of the origin of high levels of ...

State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found ...

Promised Land State Park in Greentown, Pennsylvania, spans a breathtaking 3,000 acres of pristine wilderness that somehow continues to fly beneath the tourist radar despite its extraordinary beauty.

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Standing in Oakland’s Schenley Park since 1893, this architectural marvel has been giving Pennsylvanians and visitors a place to escape winter blues, summer heat, and the existential dread of Monday ...