Astronaut’s DNA No Longer Matches His Identical Twin’s After Year Spent in Space
The article headline is practically fake news. The article isn't very clear on it either. It's not someone's DNA that changes, that would be astounding if all the trillions of cells in your body underwent the same genetic mutations. No, this is a change in epigenetics. The things that change what parts of your DNA are expressed and are much easier to coordinate, change, and adapt in the short-term.Epigenetics are not that foreign a concept that people should assume the average reader won't understand them or will find it any less amazing.