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For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Expert sniffers from the perfume industry are anticipating some other-worldly fragrance treats from a flower experiment being nurtured onboard space shuttle Columbia's 16-day science mission. Alongside experiments aimed at reducing air pollution and prostate cancer, astronauts are collecting essential oils from Jerry O roses and Asian rice flowers as their delicate buds bloom in a special container on the SPACEHAB module, project director Dr. Weijia Zhou said on Wednesday. Zhou, speaking at a mission status briefing, said experiments on a previous shuttle mission showed that the...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Working with students for 15 years has taught awarding-winning high school teacher Ed Galindo that toilet humor is a sure-fire way of getting attention. Thus was born "Fun With Urine," the wackiest of more than 80 experiments on the space shuttle Columbia's 16-day science mission scheduled to end on Saturday. The experiment, sponsored by Native American students from the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Reservation in rural Idaho, tackles a serious problem for the future of human space flight: how to combat depression in long-term space voyagers, Galindo said...