Lisa Dyson: A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food

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We're heading for a world population of 10 billion people — but what will we all eat? Lisa Dyson rediscovered an idea developed by NASA in the 1960s for deep-space travel, and it could be a key to reinventing how we grow food.

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TED.com

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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;Natural resources;agriculture;bacteria;big problems;biosphere;business;discovery;environment;farming;food;future;global issues;innovation;life;microbes;microbiology;nature;resources;science;technology;TED@BCG Paris;2016

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