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Sebastian Tan

AI to help stock our pantries ... and feed astronauts

Australian scientists are using AI to produce food for consumption during long-term space missions. (HANDOUT/ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space)

Stored meats, tomatoes and even onions can't last a few weeks let alone a seven-to-10 month journey to Mars but Australian scientists say artificial intelligence may help bridge the 225 million kilometre gap.

Space experiments are among a number of ways AI is being used to investigate the future of food: whether it can be preserved for longer, made to taste differently or grown without the threat of disease.

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