NASA is partnering with two Silicon Valley colleges to transform a chunk of its Ames Research Center in Mountain View into a prototype "environmentally sustainable" commune for scientists.

The goal is to create a research and education village "dedicated to preparing the workforce of the future and conducting research at the forefront of science and technology," according to UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal.

Guinea pigs wanted from 2013.

The site is currently a toxic wasteland so this is actually a media-friendly clean-up operation. When London built the Millennium Dome on toxic land the chemicals ran so deeply that the top soil is completely separated from the lower ground.

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