<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><div><div><div class="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 2em 2em; position: relative; overflow: hidden;"><section id="ember786" class="ember-view collapsible opened" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-height: none; overflow-y: hidden;"><div class="text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="dnd-atom-wrapper type-video context-full_width" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 2em;"><div class="dnd-legend-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="link" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-image: inherit; background-size: inherit; background-attachment: inherit; background-origin: inherit; background-clip: inherit; padding: 0px;"><section id="ember784" class="ember-view collapsible opened" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-height: none; overflow-y: hidden;"><div class="text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;"><div class="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 2em 2em; position: relative; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><section id="ember788" class="ember-view collapsible opened" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-height: none; overflow-y: hidden;"><div class="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div><figure class=" article-hero figure" style="margin: 1em 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: table; width: 553.28125px; color: rgb(91, 91, 91);"><div class="magnify-wrapper iZoom img-zoom-in" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative;"></div><figcaption class="fig-cap" id="nointelliTXT" style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(211, 211, 211); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="fig-desc" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;"><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="4" class="">Twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly pose at Johnson Space Center in Houston on Jan. 19, 2015, before Scott Kelly's nearly yearlong stay on the International Space Station.</font></div><cite class="fig-credit" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block;"><br class=""></cite></figcaption></figure><div class="article-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(91, 91, 91);"><p style="margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="4" class="">After a stream of erroneous media coverage about how spaceflight affects astronauts' genes, NASA issued an updated statement yesterday (March 15) about its "<a href="https://www.space.com/35527-nasa-astronaut-twins-study-early-results.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;" class="">twins study</a>" of former astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly.</font></p><p style="margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="4" class="">The study is following changes to Scott Kelly's body after he spent nearly a year in space between 2015 and 2016. His brother and identical twin Mark remained on Earth during that time and is the control subject for the study. In late January, NASA <a href="https://www.space.com/39952-nasa-twin-study-spaceflight-health-effects.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;" class="">issued an update to its 2017 results</a> that confirmed most of the initial findings.</font></p><p style="margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="4" class="">"Mark and Scott Kelly are still identical twins; Scott's DNA did not fundamentally change. What researchers did observe are changes in gene expression, which is how your body reacts to your environment. This likely is within the range for humans under stress, such as mountain climbing or scuba diving," NASA <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-twins-study-confirms-preliminary-findings" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;" class="">said in the</a> recent clarification to the Jan. 31 update. 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