While catching up on some recent stories, this one caught our eye:

Gardens on the moon. It sounds like a particularly whimsical children’s book. But if NASA has its way, it might become more than a fantasy story. The space agency revealed plans this past week to grow a series of plants on the moon: basil, turnips and a little white flowered planet called Arabidopsis.

Read or listen to the full story on NPR.org…