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What is the nature of a plant?
Wu wei: effortless effort. Playing with Anthropic’s 3.5 Sonnet: create a short discourse on “the nature of a plant” in the mindset of Alan Watts: “A plant is not so much a thing as it is a process – a flowing, growing manifestation of the universe exploring itself. Its roots reach deep into the earth,…
Magnitude.io Announces Collaboration with Purdue University
Purdue University joins the ExoLab-11 mission, studying seeds germinated and grown on the International Space Station. The research will use RNA sequencing to explore plant adaptation, while students around the world participate through the magnitude.io/ network of science labs. ALBANY, Calif., Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — magnitude.io/, a provider of STEM education and space-based research…
Rabbit Goes to Space: Igniting Curiosity and Inclusion Through Bilingual Science Education
At magnitude.io/, we are thrilled to announce the publication of "Rabbit Goes to Space" /”Conejo va al Espacio”. This captivating bilingual book takes readers on an extraordinary journey of discovery and resilience, merging science, storytelling, and hands-on activities. Made possible by the National Lab Research Award (GA-2022-8936), a generous grant from the Center for the…
The First ExoLab & What Comes Next!
Year 4. This was the 2016-2017 season. With the engineering expertise of our commercial service provider, Space Tango, and support from the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), Magnitude was finally headed to the International Space Station! Flown aboard the SpaceX-10 resupply mission, ExoLab-1 launched from Kennedy Space Center’s historic pad 39A…
Education and Space Communities Lose a Leader
magnitude.io/ co-founder and serial entrepreneur Anthony (Tony) So passed away unexpectedly last Sunday at home. A private service is planned later this month. Tony leaves behind his wife Christine, and their two daughters. He was 61. The space and education communities lost an amazing teacher that knew how to meet the learner where they were…
Gardeners of the Galaxy Podcast
Lori Waters from magnitude.io/ joins Emma the Space Gardener to talk about the ExoLab experiments that have sent intrepid red clover leguminauts into space, the student researchers involved in the ground control experiments, and her experiences as an analog astronaut. Listen to podcast! https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ckaf9-10ef654
Growing the Global Reach of ExoLab
magnitude.io/ CEO Ted Tagami and Fizzics Education Founder Ben Newsome recently spoke about the ExoLab missions growing plants on the International Space Station and bringing this out of this world STEM opportunity to teachers and students in Australia. ExoLab-9 launches on August 18, 2021, and students of all ages from the around the world can…
Student-driven ExoLab-8 experiment launching on NG-15
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Taking distance learning to the International Space Station Orbital Classroom along with an Astro_moji Teacher (BERKELEY, California) ‒ magnitude.io/ CEO Ted Tagami announced today that its student-driven ExoLab-8 plant experiment will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than February 20 as part of the NG-15 Cargo Resupply Mission from…
Distance Learning with Bitmoji Classrooms
Guest post by ExoLab-8 Astro_moji Mission Specialist Lisa Turney Students didn’t expect to see me as a cartoon character in a digital classroom. Yet with Bitmoji classroom, this technology tool has brought tremendous engagement despite a challenging year in education. While schools were shut down during the last part of the…