Sarah Sinclair
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Sarah Sinclair
@sarahlsinclair.bsky.social
Freelance journalist | Health, science, drug policy
(Forbes, The Telegraph, i, The Lead etc)
Scientists are sending cannabis seeds to space... but it's not a gimmick, or a quest for an otherworldly high...

For @wired.com I spoke to the team behind the Martian Grow project to find out why they think cannabis could be a celestial super crop.

www.wired.com/story/scient...
Scientists Are Sending Cannabis Seeds to Space
The versatile cannabis plant could, some scientists think, one day be useful for lunar and Martian colonists. For now, researchers will subject its seeds to radiation in orbit and see what happens.
www.wired.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM