June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... of themselves, and indeed space agencies have already started to conduct research into both the psychological and physiological impact of space travel upon human beings7. This issue of environmentalism and awareness of the fragility of the space...
February 2016
A Moon of Their Own
... in the course of the Luna-2015 project broadly cover three main research categories: psychological and psycho-physiological research; immune system and metabolism research; sanitation, hygiene, and microbiological research. A special virtual reality...
February 2016
200 Days in Space: Living in Orbit
..., where the effects of gravity are shut down. It’s interesting not only for scientists who do research in human physiology and in life sciences, but also in combustion, materials and fluid science. So, I spent a lot of my 200 days up there...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
This article examines some of the issues facing the regulation of individual criminality in outer space, both in respect of tourist activity near to Earth and the more problematic issue of how to regulate crews engaged in long duration, ...
October 2017
Colouring our view of the oceans
..., the process is complex as rates of carbon fixation by phytoplankton vary with species assemblages and their physiological state that is related to light, temperature, nutrients and other environmental factors. Global algal pigment concentrations...
October 2017
Third quarter phenomenon - the psychology of time in space
... some evidence to support this model, which proposes a linear relationship between time and adverse psychological and physiological reactions (Nicolas et al., 2013; 2015; Palinkas et al., 1998), but contemporary stress researchers have challenged the...
