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A set of papers published in Nature contain groundbreaking research into how even quick jaunts to space can affect an astronaut’s health.
Why are scientists trying to grow organs at the International Space Station? People live on Earth not in zero-gravity. A stem cell expert explains why it is useful to do these experiments in space.
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In the fourth episode of our podcast series, we look at the practical, legal and ethical questions about going to set up base on the moon – and mining its resources.
A twin experiment in space can help us prevent diseases on Earth.
Seeing the Earth from space is likely to have a profound psychological impact on Tim Peake. But can psychologists harness this so called ‘overview effect’ here on terra firma using virtual reality?
US millionaire, former rocket scientist and the world’s first private space tourist, Dennis Tito, has announced that he will be sending a couple on a round trip to Mars. And this isn’t the only trip into…
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