Today we explore how astronauts’ blood mutates when coming back from space, how our screens are aging us, and the potential extinction event of the snow crab. 

Astronaut Blood  

• “Astronauts' blood shows signs of DNA mutations due to spaceflight” by Elizabeth Howell
  • https://www.space.com/astronaut-spaceflight-cancer-dna-mutations-study
• “Researchers Find Spaceflight May Be Associated With DNA Mutations and Increased Risk of Developing Heart Disease and Cancer” by Mount Sinai
• https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2022/fesearchers-find-spaceflight-may-be-associated-with-dna-mutations-and-increased-risk-of-developing-heart-disease-and-cancer

Screen Wrinkles 

• “Your phone screen could be making you age quicker” by Alex Hughes
  • https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/your-phone-screen-could-be-making-you-age-quicker/
• “Too much blue light can accelerate aging ... at least for flies” by Sarah Sloat
• https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/much-blue-light-can-accelerate-aging-least-flies-rcna44707

Save the Snow Crab 

• “What made billions of snow crabs disappear from the Bering Sea?” By Joanna Thompson
  • https://www.livescience.com/billions-snow-crabs-vanish-from-bering-sea
• “Valuable crab populations are in a ‘very scary’ decline in warming Bering Sea” by Hal Bernton
  • https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/valuable-crab-populations-crash-in-a-warming-bering-sea/
• “Determination of Overfishing or an Overfished Condition: A Notice” by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/02/10/2022-02857/determination-of-overfishing-or-an-overfished-condition

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