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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