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This Week in the Future, August 16-20, 2010
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Farming beets on Mars? With enough whisky, anything is possible.
Welcome to the future.
This week in the future on PopSci:
- Martian Environment Is Ideally Suited For Crop Farming, Study Says
- Scottish Scientists Turn Whisky Into Biofuel
- Judge Bans Future Plantings of Genetically Modified Sugar Beets, Throwing Nation's Sugar Supply into Doubt
- NASA Testing Liquid-Lens Adjustable-Strength Glasses For Use In Space
Leave a comment (any comment) to put your name in the pile; we'll randomly choose and announce our winner right here. And, if you just can't wait that long, you can buy the shirt for yourself here. Good luck!
Until next time, enjoy our past weekly illustrated roundups here.
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whiskey alien beet farmers--who wouldn't want it?
Hilarious, I'd love it!
I want it!!!
Great, I want it!
Where did my comment go!? lol, give me this shirt!
I really want this shirt!!!!!!
Count Me In!
Best shirt yet. Enter my name twice FTW!
This is amazing! I've been trying this for ages, but I have no intention of stopping, so can you PLEASE give me this shirt?
I want this shirt! >=)
haha thats a sweet shirt
Must have shirt
Couldn't think of a better reason to finally sign up. Love the Mars Attack guy!
Love it, get me that shirt!
Forget the shirt can I be that alien? (If not I'll settle for the shirt)
mine!
#1 fan right here... shirt please!
Trent Riverside Railjam
i'll never wear it but give it to me anyway...
lol, i would love this shirt
my wife would kill me, but thats the fun of it!
I like the whiskey
Sick.
The whiskey is a nice touch
Don't run we are (hiccup) your friends!
awesome
Well the Russians must be ecstatic!
(Borscht...)
tractors=cool
the original rock and roll
I doubt Martians ever looked like that... if there were any.
Awesome!
I like this shirt.
I would like to win this shirt.
Please don't give this shirt to the Spammer.
That would make me cry into my coffee.
Thanks!!!
You got this in a Medium?
awesomeness !!
this is sick! haha jk but seriosuly... give me the shirt
Better late than never? I'd like one... *cough*forfree*cough*
That is just all kinds of tremendous!
yes?
This shirt is sick
Wow this bring s back a memory of my Flyin Brian scooter baord. (skateboard with a T stick to hold on to) ... the colors and the guys face are very similar!!!
Chances of us winning right now are 1 in 42. Am I the one?
Yes please this shirt is super awesome!!!
-LuminousSpark www.circlesquaredesigns.com
Myaha I hope I'm not too late
I'm glad to see even aliens are eating their vegetables.
roses are red
violets are blue
give me the shirt
NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Foreign earthling farmers. It could happen, On my shirt first hopefully.