Space travel alters the body, and chronic pain on the mind

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This week, we find out how space travel is likely to affect the bodies of the Artemis II astronauts. Plus, how conflict and other adverse events during childhood influence young lives, what is the link between chronic pain, stress and the brain, and how male octopuses use a specialised arm to find mates... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:03.4	Absolutely genius.
0:04.3	Welcome.
0:05.2	Welcome.
0:06.1	This is the show where we bring you science.
0:07.9	What that essentially means is...
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0:13.5	Without further ado, this is the Naked Scientists.
0:16.7	Hello, welcome to the Naked Scientist podcast, the show that brings you the biggest
0:20.3	breakthroughs and talks to the major movers and shakers in the worlds of science, technology and medicine.
0:25.6	With me, Chris Smith, and in the program this week, the impact of space travel on Artemis II's astronauts and how the food has improved enormously since Neil Armstrong's flight.
0:36.9	Also, a new study identifies the neurological basis of burnout
0:40.5	and swipe right,
0:42.9	the discovery that male octopuses use a special arm to taste a match
0:47.2	to see if they want to mate.
1:05.6	Astronauts aboard NASA's Artemis 2 mission are heading home after a lunar flyby that saw them travel farther from Earth than any other humans ever have.
1:17.4	We've all seen the footage of them floating in microgravity with remarkable shots of the earth rising behind them but what demands has this mission placed on their bodies kevin fong is a broadcaster doctor and also worked at nassas human spaceflight program in houston out of more than 20,000
1:24.0	applicants to become an astronaut he also almost made it. I asked Kevin to explain the
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