From absence of gravity and washing machine windows, the artist's everyday microcosm has become a means to convey the sentiments of an entire generation, one that grew up through images broadcast on television. (bravermangallery.com)
To succeed at this, Conley must know what kinds of organisms can survive space travel as well as what the absence of gravity, not to mention space radiation, might do to the organisms. (sciencemag.org)
More recently, NASA space - shuttle research has found that bees assemble perfect hives even in the absence of gravity. (discovermagazine.com)