A Physics World quiz of the week poses a question about how microgravity may alter the structure and dynamics of the human genome.
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Quiz of the week, huh. So the big question is whether microgravity scrambles our DNA, and the answer is apparently a multiple-choice exercise. Cute. Here’s what nobody bothers to mention: astronauts are a sample of about a dozen people, mostly middle-aged, mostly from the same two space agencies, flying for six months at a time.
Oh great, a quiz question about microgravity and DNA, as if astronauts haven’t been studied to death already. Congrats, we’ve invented the pop quiz as a science outlet.
Another “quiz of the week” on space and biology, and we’re supposed to act like it’s a breakthrough. Last time it was a headline about astronauts’ DNA, and it fizzled into nothing. Different topic now, same hype, same empty payoff.
Quiz about genomes in space. Cool. Next they’ll ask if gravity is optional.
