April 2017
Surviving radiation for space colonisation
... on human skin extended exposure strips electrons off the DNA molecules in the nucleus of skin cells, causing mutations that can result in cancer. The Sun emits a lot of ultraviolet light but we are protected from most...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
... exposure include cancer, reduced fertility, cataracts, cardiovascular and central nervous systems problems, and inheritable genetic mutations. Particularly intense exposure at one time can result in acute radiation syndrome (ARS), which can lead...
October 2017
The sci-fi noir world of Blade Runner
... dis-incarnated artificial intelligence are booming. It is the realm of very fine engineering disciplines that have slowly mutated into buzz words for market reviews: ‘the cloud’, ‘deep learning’, ‘neural networks’, etc. The flying...
April 2020
Protecting against the dangers of space radiation
... radiation, or when astronauts return from the ISS. Do they have the same or higher levels of misrepair and mutations? In terms of radiation exposure, we are trying to establish what is going on in an astronaut’s body after a mission lasting six...
28 August 2020
Clumps of bacteria could survive interplanetary journey, new study says
... that have been discovered and they can survive being hit by gamma rays without dying or undergoing mutation. Their ability to endure the harshest of environments – it is hardy lifeforms such as these that some scientists believe might...
