Cosmonauts on the ISS have a small garden now:

• Orbital Farming: Space Station Greenhouse Bears Fruit -Discovery News
• Russian Space Farmers Harvest Wheat, Peas and Greens – RIA Novosti

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One type of cancer cells becomes less aggressive in microgravity: Cancer Cells Tamed By Trip To Outer Space: Low-grav experiments may point the way toward more effective treatments on Earth – Popular Science.

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Check out the latest space lift news and developments in the International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) Newsletter – January 2014.

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Some numbers involved in terraforming Mars versus building large O’Neill type in-space rotating habitats: Terraforming Mars vs Orbital Habs – Hop’s Blog.