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Thread: Extended time in outer space has caused DNA shift

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    Extended time in outer space has caused DNA shift

    This is interesting:

    A NASA study found that the 54-year-old twin astronauts no longer share the same DNA after Scott's one-year stint on the International Space Station left him a changed man. While Scott was in space, Mark was on Earth.


    Sorry, I can't post links anymore.. Someone google it and fill in the missing link if any interest is shown... He is married to an ex congress woman with a gun shot wound to the head......
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    Sorry---but that would be fake news

    However Bo---not to fret---Fox is good at it.

    To be fair---Fox has a lot of company. The fake story is all over---you have to dig to get to reality.
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    Never heard of “gene expression” before. I have several areas of my own which definitely could use a bunch of changes. Maybe a trip to space would help. I’m ready.
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    In short, it would be remarkable if in this point in their lives their DNA was still identical because of all the random little mutations we pick up throughout our lives, and changes to how the genes are expressed after spending 12 months in remarkably different environments is completely normal.

    Still interesting to read about though.

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    We should always be interested in what's learned from all these space ventures.
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