Future drugs and even gene therapies could enhance the body's defenses against space radiation. "There's a lot of research into that area," said Urquieta. Preventing infighting among teams will be ...

Microgravity affects various aspects of the human body. According to NASA, microgravity leads to changes in fluid distribution, muscle loading, and altered signalling pathways. Some basic changes ...

However, the human body evolved to function in the gravity of Earth. So time in the weightlessness of space can take years from which to fully recover. Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore ...

How does a fragile body exist in a sick society? French author Michel Houellebecq has long displayed a fascination with medicine, the body, and death. Regarded by many as literature's enfant terrible ...

Spending months in microgravity is brutal on the body. Without the Earth’s gravitational pull, muscles shrink, bones weaken and bodily fluids shift. Astronauts lose muscle mass rapidly because ...

Article continues below Space is a pretty hostile environment for the human body, meaning this prolonged stay on the space station likely had a significant impact on the astronauts' health ...

Balance, Vision Issues: What Happens To Human Body After 9 Months In Space As US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams prepare to return home after nine months aboard the International Space ...

A Texas lawmaker has introduced a bill to ban "non-human behavior" in public schools, such as barking, meowing and other animal-like practices commonly used by furries. The Forbidding Unlawful ...

Historical trends and future projections of the number of people with overweight and obesity suggest alarming parallel ...