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Positive Microbiology in the Movies. [PDF]

open access: yesMicrob Biotechnol
How ‘Positive Microbiology’ is portrayed in commercial movies and its potential as a tool for education and engaging general audiences to counteract germaphobia. Image done with freepik. ABSTRACT Microbes are essential for sustaining life in our planet.
Sánchez-Angulo M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Visions of a Martian Future [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
As we look beyond our terrestrial boundary to a multi-planetary future for humankind, it becomes paramount to anticipate the challenges of various human factors on the most likely scenario for this future: permanent human settlement ...
Abood, Steven   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Evidence of Potential Organo-Mineral Interactions during the First Stage of Mars Terraforming

open access: yesSoil Systems, 2023
Future space missions to Mars will depend on the development of bioregenerative life support systems. Mars regolith contains most of the nutrients needed for plant growth, but not organic matter (OM).
Beatrice Giannetta   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mars climate engineering using orbiting solar reflectors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The manned mission is seen as a first step towards a Mars surface exploration base-station and, later, establishing permanent settlement. The location and use of Mars's natural resources is vital to enable cost-effective long-duration human exploration ...
C. Sagan   +17 more
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(im)Material Geographies: From Poetics of Terraforming to Earth Scripts

open access: yesAnglica. An International Journal of English Studies, 2023
The article explores the work of two contemporary poets, Alice Oswald and J.R. Carpenter, with reference to the material and immaterial aspects of their poetic projects.
Tymon Adamczewski
doaj   +1 more source

Pharmakon landscape: An emerging territorial model for deep-time, geo-bio-chemical governance

open access: yesInterstices, 2022
This paper is a further development of the contents and topics from a homonymous microfilm produced in mid-2020, in the context of The Terraforming postgraduate programme at Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design, Moscow. In that sense, it
Luciano Brina
doaj   +1 more source

Cartographies of care: Ecologic thinking-with the bio-geo-microscopic life of the West Antarctic

open access: yesInterstices, 2022
“Remote care through the cartographic reach” proposes deep-time thinking and ecological listening as methods for engaging with Antarctic geographies.
Louisa King , Tamsin Salehian
doaj   +1 more source

Re-Entangling Design and Science Fiction: The Case of Daleko

open access: yesInternational Journal of Film and Media Arts, 2021
The present article discusses how speculative design relates to technoscientific extrapolation, an important science fiction feature, to plan for potential scenarios and prototype viable models of futurity.
Eduardo Harry Luersen
doaj   +1 more source

Terraforming Religious Consciousness: Race as a Signifier in New World Religious Cosmogony

open access: yesReligions, 2020
What is the connection between race and religious diversity? This question has emerged as particularly important in recent times, following heightened discussions on racial justice, equity, and the organization of society with regard to racial oppression.
Malik J. M. Walker
doaj   +1 more source

Astronomic bioethics : Terraforming X Planetary protection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
A hard difficulty in Astrobiology is the precise definition of what life is. All living beings have a cellular structure, so it is not possible to have a broader concept of life hence the search for extraterrestrial life is restricted to ...
Melo, Dario Martins Palhares de   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

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