After Months in Space, Astronauts' Brains Are “Rewired” - Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence

So far, no one suggests that we shouldn’t “boldly go,” in the Star Trek phrase, but we face mundane risks that Star Trek’s creators couldn’t have known about.

The effects of long-term space travel on humans are only beginning to be understood: In a new study, a collaborative effort between the European Space Agency and Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, res… [+3906 chars]

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