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If you’re a fan of comic books involving superheroes, space seems to be a recurring theme where due to a meteoroid crashing into Earth or there being some kind of solar flare that our heroes get caught in, they can somehow gain super powers. As it turns out, this isn’t too far from the truth.

According to the preliminary results of NASA’s Twin Study, they discovered that when they sent astronaut Scott Kelly, he came back a changed man. No, Kelly did not receive any super powers (at least none that we know about), but rather based on their study, it seems that Kelly’s DNA has been altered where it is no longer identical to his identical twin, Mark Kelly, who remained on Earth.

The study found that Kelly’s time in space, which was about a year, resulted in the transformation of about 7% of his DNA related to at least five biological pathways and functions. Such changes included hypoxia in his cells, possible damage to mitochondria, changes in length in Kelly’s telomeres, collagen, blood clotting, and bone formation.

It is believed that these changes were due to fluid shifts and being in zero gravity, and these are important findings as there are plans to launch a three-year mission to Mars. If scientists are hoping to successfully launch a three-year mission to Mars, understanding how being in space affects one’s DNA (for the better or worse) is no doubt an integral one.

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Sega is known for re-releasing its classic games, and their latest announcement is sure to please longtime fans. SEGA Genesis Classics is a compilation that will offer a bunch of classic 16-bit games in one package. If it’s been a while since you’ve revisited these games, this one will be worth picking up for your console or PC. And if you haven’t played them before, you’ll also be in for a treat.

We don’t have official details about the collection yet, but the trailer tells us some of the games we can expect to see in the collection when it arrives in May. Of course, it has Sonic the Hedgehog, but it also has Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Altered Beast, Space Harrier, Toe Jam and Earl, Shinobi, and Gunstar Heroes. There are likely more games besides what’s shown in the trailer. We just don’t know what they might be.

We also don’t know if this is a port of an existing compilation or if it’s one that’s entirely new. Hopefully, they will release the full games list soon. We do know that SEGA Genesis Classics will launch on Xbox One, PS4, and PC on May 29. Sorry, Nintendo Switch users.

In the meantime, if you’re just dying to play some classic Genesis games, you can always pick up one of these consoles, loaded up with 85 games for just $70.

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