“Scientists in Japan successfully triggered a hibernation-like state in mice by activating a specific group of brain cells,” reports UPI, which points out that entering a hibernation-like state “could help astronauts conserve food and water, as well as avoid the ill-effects of microgravity, on long journeys through space.”
The research, published this week in the journal Nature, suggests even animals that don’t…
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‘It Feels Awesome’: NASA Astronaut Learns She Will Spend Record-Breaking 328 Days in Space
Christina Koch has spent the past month orbiting Earth aboard the International Station. Earlier today, the NASA astronaut learned she won’t be coming home for another 10 months. Her prolonged stay—at an estimated 328 days—will establish a new record for the longest spaceflight completed by a woman.Read more…Source: https://gizmodo.com/it-feels-awesome-nasa-astronaut-learns-she-will-spend-1834118108…
The First Detailed Study of How Mice Behave in Space Reveals Strange, Coordinated Zooming
New research based on experiments done on the International Space Station shows that mice adapt quickly to microgravity conditions. Unexpectedly, however, some of the mice began to exhibit a rather curious circling behavior, zipping around the walls of their metal cage with reckless abandon. Read more… Source: https://gizmodo.com/the-first-detailed-study-of-how-mice-behave-in-space-re-1833950925