University of Texas Arlington provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Right now, you’re zooming through space at incredible speeds. As just one of all the living creatures on Earth, ...

Spending time in the weightless environment of microgravity can have some dramatic effects on the human body, but scientists have recently discovered a new one that could help explain why some ...

Scientists examined brain MRI scans of astronauts and found microgravity causes upward and backward brain shifts, which gradually take months to recover after returning to Earth.

New research suggests it also changes the position and shape of the brain itself. According to The Independent, a study by a team of researchers found that astronauts’ brains shift upward and backward ...