Today we explore how astronauts’ blood mutates when coming back from space, how our screens are aging us, and the potential extinction event of the snow crab.
Astronaut Blood
- “Astronauts' blood shows signs of DNA mutations due to spaceflight” by Elizabeth Howell
- “Researchers Find Spaceflight May Be Associated With DNA Mutations and Increased Risk of Developing Heart Disease and Cancer” by Mount Sinai
- https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2022/fesearchers-find-spaceflight-may-be-associated-with-dna-mutations-and-increased-risk-of-developing-heart-disease-and-cancer
Screen Wrinkles
- “Your phone screen could be making you age quicker” by Alex Hughes
- “Too much blue light can accelerate aging ... at least for flies” by Sarah Sloat
- https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/much-blue-light-can-accelerate-aging-least-flies-rcna44707
Save the Snow Crab
- “What made billions of snow crabs disappear from the Bering Sea?” By Joanna Thompson
- “Valuable crab populations are in a ‘very scary’ decline in warming Bering Sea” by Hal Bernton
- “Determination of Overfishing or an Overfished Condition: A Notice” by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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