Saralynn Davis, a student at St. John High School, will be taking her science fair project–growing beans in soil approximating soil from Mars–to the international science fair in Atlanta this coming week.

Davis got a small sample of the soil from NASA, which developed the soil.  She has been comparing the growth of beans between North Dakota soil and Martian soil.  Apparently, given the right conditions, the Martian soil type can grow plants.

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