250 miles up into outer space, the International Space Station (ISS) hurtles silently around Earth at about 5 miles per second. Inside, scientific experiments are constantly underway, from harvesting lettuce to studying what living a year in space does to the human body. One particular study, conducted by the European Space Agency (ESA) and concluded last month, has found that two species of tiny fungi originally from Antarctica have survived living in Mars-like conditions for a period of 18 months. These results could prove critical in the efforts to find an answer to the question immortalized by David Bowie: Is there life on Mars? The findings were published in the journal Astrobiology.
Our friends over at Deadspin have undertaken one of the most pressing and important scientific experiments of our time: to eat decades-old candy bars branded with the faces of Kirby Puckett, Ken Griffey, Jr., and more, and see if they die. Plus, some interesting info in there about what actually happens to candy over time, and whether old packaged food like this really can be toxic (or whether it at least tastes good). Check it out here.
