Why it matters: Whenever I hear the word "terraforming," I immediately think of sci-fi novels like Larry Niven's Ringworld or games like No Man's Sky, where you can literally dig down or pile up earth ...

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Terraforming, the act of radically transforming a planet’s climate and environment to make it suitable for human habitation, currently belongs to the realm of science-fiction. But it’s possible, at ...

Exciting new research proposes a practical, phased plan to terraform Mars—starting with warming the planet and seeding it with life, potentially making it habitable within centuries. Mars, once rich ...

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