One of the biggest contributors to the climate crisis is our throw-away society. From household waste and single-use plastics to byproducts from food production, we burn fossil fuels and spend money to truck our "garbage" to landfills and processing facilities, where some of it releases greenhouse gasses or pollutants into the environment as it breaks down.

Drug development is a complex, costly and time-consuming process. To ensure that pharmaceuticals are safe and effective, the interval between a laboratory breakthrough and a therapy that's ready for clinical trials can be a decade or more. That long wait is no comfort to patients who are suffering from debilitating or potentially deadly medical conditions.

As long-distance space travel transforms from a science fiction fantasy to a near-future reality, humanity is faced with a complex challenge: Can people socially and culturally adapt to and survive spending years hurtling across the universe in a contained, artificial space?

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