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#prosthetics β€” Public Fediverse posts

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  1. πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈ TIL: πŸ¦΅πŸ‘©β€πŸš€ British surgeon and #Paralympics sprinter John McFall, an #ESA #astronaut, explains why having two legs matters less in #microgravity.

    On his upcoming #Haven1 mission, his above-knee amputation may reduce fluid shift and kidney stone risk, while engineers adapt #prosthetics for the #spacestation’s handrails.

    πŸ‘‰ livescience.com/space/space-ex

    #space #disability #science #uk #england #astronomy #physiology #medicine #health

  2. πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈ TIL: πŸ¦΅πŸ‘©β€πŸš€ British surgeon and #Paralympics sprinter John McFall, an #ESA #astronaut, explains why having two legs matters less in #microgravity.

    On his upcoming #Haven1 mission, his above-knee amputation may reduce fluid shift and kidney stone risk, while engineers adapt #prosthetics for the #spacestation’s handrails.

    πŸ‘‰ livescience.com/space/space-ex

    #space #disability #science #uk #england #astronomy #physiology #medicine #health

  3. πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈ TIL: πŸ¦΅πŸ‘©β€πŸš€ British surgeon and #Paralympics sprinter John McFall, an #ESA #astronaut, explains why having two legs matters less in #microgravity.

    On his upcoming #Haven1 mission, his above-knee amputation may reduce fluid shift and kidney stone risk, while engineers adapt #prosthetics for the #spacestation’s handrails.

    πŸ‘‰ livescience.com/space/space-ex

    #space #disability #science #uk #england #astronomy #physiology #medicine #health

  4. πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈ TIL: πŸ¦΅πŸ‘©β€πŸš€ British surgeon and #Paralympics sprinter John McFall, an #ESA #astronaut, explains why having two legs matters less in #microgravity.

    On his upcoming #Haven1 mission, his above-knee amputation may reduce fluid shift and kidney stone risk, while engineers adapt #prosthetics for the #spacestation’s handrails.

    πŸ‘‰ livescience.com/space/space-ex

    #space #disability #science #uk #england #astronomy #physiology #medicine #health

  5. Big Picture Science for Sep. 22, 2025: Spare (Body) Parts

    Big Picture Science: Spare (Body) Parts

    Strapped-on brass noses, frog skin grafts, human organs grown in pigs: The world of replaceable body parts is both amazing and a bit unsettling. But who better give us a tour of the past and present of what medical engineering considers Plan B, than the inimitable science writer Mary Roach.

    Guest:

    * Mary Roach – Science writer and author of β€œReplaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy”

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    #BigPictureScience #SETI #News #Podcast #Science #BodyParts #Transplants #Prosthetics #MedicalEngineering

  6. #Sports teams #segregated by #sex and #gender are vestiges of a dying binary.

    Give us #game modes and #competitive ranked #tiers based on performance like we have in #eSports.

    Where are the #bronze_stuck weekend volleyball #casuals and sweaty triple-diamond #tryhard Olympic gymnasts?

    As we enter the era of #trans #liberation, high-#tech #prosthetics, and modifications to the human #genome, when will we abandon our old lines and get on with the human story?

    #transhumanism #genetics #athletics