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Study shows medicine to be less effective in space

“Researchers investigating the challenges of long-term space flight at the Johnson Spaceflight Center have concluded that the effectiveness of many common medicines is greatly curtailed by extended spaceflight. This could have major consequences for future manned missions to Mars or beyond that would require crews to be in space for long periods of time.” 

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Did you know that attaching a 9V battery to your brain can pump up your gaming skills?

“In a study funded by DARPA, volunteers were asked to play a game called DARWARS Ambush! created to help train soldiers. It was found that those playing with a 2 mA buzz running through their heads played about twice as well as a control group who only got a tiny amount of the juice.”

read more at Dvice

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Carbon fiber FlyNano aircraft can take off and land on water

Finnish aeronautical engineer Aki Suokas launched a remarkable new single-seat aircraft this week at Aero Friedrichshafen. The FlyNano is made entirely of carbon fiber composite, weighs 154 pounds, can take off and land on water, and only costs $39,000.  Oh, and you don’t need a pilot’s license to operate it. via Gizmag

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