Study Finds Space Travel May Cause Brain Damage
A new study has found that spending too much time in space may cause brain damage. The study involved following a group of Russian cosmonauts who stayed on the International Space Station (“ISS”), which is orbiting 400 km from the planet’s surface. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Gothenburg. Its findings were published in the “JAMA Neurology” scientific journal. Previous research has found that negative changes to the human body caused by spending long periods of time in space include altered bacterial flora in the gut, deteriorating vision, reduced bone mass and atrophic muscles. For their…











