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News Feature
Nature 435, 730-731 (9 June 2005) | doi:10.1038/435730a; Published online 8 June 2005
Space physiology: Lie back and think of science
Nicola Jones1
- Nicola Jones is editor of news@nature.com.
Abstract
Twelve women have taken to bed for two months in the name of space research. Nicola Jones joins them for a few days, and asks what physiologists hope to learn from this marathon lie-in.
I'm staring at the ceiling and my feet are strapped to an exercise machine that acts like a giant yo-yo. My head rests a few centimetres lower than my feet, my face is bright red and my calves are screaming in pain as Björn Alkner, trained in physiology and physical education, yells at me to push the last set of repetitions to the maximum.
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