Jumping may protect astronauts’ knee cartilage from microgravity damage. Studies on mice show it increases bone density.

On Earth, leg muscles constantly bear the load. Even if you skip leg workout day, they support the body against the tug of gravity whenever people stand, walk, or run. But in the near-zero gravity of ...

But there’s some good news as well: we know the genes responsible for this. Muscle on a chip — now in space Skeletal muscle constitutes about 40% of human body weight and plays a crucial role ...

AMG auteur Richard Fontaine started making short silent posingpouch snapshot films in the mid1950s and moved on to sound titles like In the Days of Greek Gods 1958 and Muscles from Outer Space ...

Prolonged exposure to microgravity in space weakens the heart muscle and disrupts the heart’s rhythm, Johns Hopkins ...