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Japanese researchers behind the new work... wanted to know how space radiation affects fertility in mammals. Radiation can damage the DNA within cells, causing mutations... Environments on Earth with heavy radiation exposure can cause defects in the offspring of animals. Space radiation in particular has been a major concern for countries like the U.S. and Japan that have sent many astronauts on lengthy missions into low Earth orbit. Farther space destinations are also on the horizon. NASA and other space agencies are developing systems that could support humans on monthslong journeys to other solar system destinations such as the moon...

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Sweden is considering allowing freeze-drying as a new method to bury the dead instead of traditional burials and cremations, Culture Minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth told the Swedish church's weekly paper on Wednesday. "I would like to push for the issue of freeze-drying. I think it is interesting and based on what I have heard I have a positive view of the method," Adelsohn Liljeroth, whose brief covers burial laws, told Kyrkans Tidning. The freeze-drying method offers an environmentally friendly burial transforming corpses into organic compost. Traditional burials and cremations hurt the environment by polluting air and water, as a corpse...

FLORAL PARK, N.Y. — A man's leg and part of his torso dropped out of the wheel well of a jetliner near Kennedy Airport (search) and plunged into a suburban neighborhood Tuesday, coming to rest in a home's backyard, authorities said.

6/30/04 - ANCHORAGE, AK) — Climbers poking around a high-elevation camp on Mount McKinley discovered a human foot sticking out of the snow. Rangers dug out the frozen corpse of a man who died 35 years ago. Ranger Darryl Miller said authorities believe the body is that of Gary Cole of Cody, Wyo., who died of acute mountain sickness June 19, 1969. The grim discovery was made Friday, said Kris Fister, a Denali National Park spokeswoman. While looking for supplies at a storage area at the camp site, climbers noticed what looked like climbing gear in the snow, Fister said....