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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How space travel affects the human body

    Microgravity, confined quarters, and heightened galactic radiation lead to physiological changes. What we’re learning in space is influencing terrestrial health care.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 19, 2025 • 1 min read

    Microgravity, confined quarters, and heightened galactic radiation lead to physiological changes. What we’re learning in space is influencing terrestrial health care.

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    1. 0:00Trump administration stops funding Yale lab tracking abducted Ukrainian kids
    2. 11:53Angeleno explains tough decision to sell scorched dream home in Altadena
    3. 23:53‘Cambodian Rock Band’: Reviving lost sound, confronting dark past
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