Nasa Food Innovation: In 2026, NASA backed scientists make ‘microbites’ cookies from plastic bottles in vanilla flavour using baker’s yeast that could feed astronauts on Mars
NASA scientists produce edible vanilla-flavoured ‘microbites’ from plastic bottles (Photo: SIU Carbondale Communications) Plastic waste keeps piling up in oceans, landfills, and cities, while millions of people around the world still don’t have enough to eat. It’s easy to think of these as two separate crises needing two separate solutions. But what if the same…