Emma the Space gardener explores the concept of a Dyson Tree, an engineered plant that would grow out of an asteroid, creating a habitable environment for humans within.
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Space Botany Adventures with Paul Sokoloff (GotG65)
Our Mission Specialist for this episode is Paul Sokoloff, a senior research assistant in botany at the Canadian Museum of Nature. Paul is very involved in cataloguing plant and lichen biodiversity in the Arctic and beyond. He’s also a sci-fi fan and an analog astronaut who has participated in multiple biological expeditions at the Mars Desert Research Station.
Find the show notes for this episode, and much more about growing plants in space, at https://spacebotany.uk/.
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Revisiting NS-26 with NotebookLM (GotG64)
Emma the Space Gardener is back with another episode with a non-human Mission Specialist, Google’s “virtual research assistant” NotebookLM. Together they're diving into the historic Blue Origin mission that took astrobotanist Rob Ferl into space.
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Exploring Shijian-19 with NotebookLM (GotG63)
Happy new year and welcome to the first episode for 2025! For this episode, Emma the Space Gardener is experimenting with a non-human Mission Specialist, Google's "virtual research assistant" NotebookLM. Together, they're learning about China's recoverable Shijian-19 satellite, and the seeds it took into space.
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Transporting Plants with Dr Nathaniel Ward (GotG62)
Throughout human history, when people have moved around the globe, they’ve taken their plants with them. They’ve carried with them the plants they relied on for food, for health, and for happiness.
But when European colonisers began to transport plants from far flung locations, they ran into a problem - keeping plants alive during long sea voyages.
In this episode, I tell the story of the man who solved it - Dr Nathaniel Ward, inventor of the Wardian case.
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Gardeners of the Galaxy is a podcast for all of the sentient beings in the Universe who have a passion for plants. Emma the Space Gardener is your guide as you explore cultivating the cosmos, planting planets and sowing seeds in space.
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