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Maybe we will live longer as space farers?

josip · 2017-01-31 14:39:43

Interesting to read about the telomere length. http://newatlas.com/nasa-twin-study/47635/ Perhaps this is a way to travel the huge distances to the nearest stars? Or is it just a sadistic universe keeping us alive longer to cook us with cosmic rays. Or perhaps it's a one off anomaly.

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Interesting to read about the telomere length.

http://newatlas.com/nasa-twin-study/47635/

Perhaps this is a way to travel the huge distances to the nearest stars?
Or is it just a sadistic universe keeping us alive longer to cook us with cosmic rays.
Or perhaps it's a one off anomaly.

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