Archive for May 2017
The Impact of Gravity on Life: What happens to life when gravity changes? Ecosystems
This is the sixth post in our series The Impact of Gravity on Life, a paper written by Dr. Emily R. Morey-Holton, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Read the series in its entirety here in blog posts tagged Impact of Gravity on Life. Algal mats and protists are fascinating! If orientation and stratification…
Read MoreThe Impact of Gravity on Life: Does Gravity play a role in evolution?
This is the final post in our series The Impact of Gravity on Life, a paper written by Dr. Emily R. Morey-Holton, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Read the series in its entirety here in blog posts tagged Impact of Gravity on Life. Gravity affects the environment. Its attractive force gives weight to…
Read MoreThe Impact of Gravity on Life: Is Gravity necessary for life as we know it?
This is the ninth post in our series The Impact of Gravity on Life, a paper written by Dr. Emily R. Morey-Holton, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Read the series in its entirety here in blog posts tagged Impact of Gravity on Life. Life most likely will look and, perhaps, move quite differently…
Read MoreThe Impact of Gravity on Life: What happens to life when gravity changes? Adult Humans
This is the eighth post in our series The Impact of Gravity on Life, a paper written by Dr. Emily R. Morey-Holton, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Read the series in its entirety here in blog posts tagged Impact of Gravity on Life. Early predictions of the response of humans to spaceflight assumed…
Read MoreThe Impact of Gravity on Life: What happens to life when gravity changes? Vertebrate Development
This is the seventh post in our series The Impact of Gravity on Life, a paper written by Dr. Emily R. Morey-Holton, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Read the series in its entirety here in blog posts tagged Impact of Gravity on Life. Studies on Earth and in space suggest that gravity has…
Read MoreThe Impact of Gravity on Life: What happens to life when gravity changes?
This is the fourth post in our series The Impact of Gravity on Life, a paper written by Dr. Emily R. Morey-Holton, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Read the series in its entirety here in blog posts tagged Impact of Gravity on Life. Gravitational acceleration has been constant throughout the ~4 billion or…
Read MoreThe Impact of Gravity on Life: What is Gravity?
This is the third post in our series The Impact of Gravity on Life, a paper written by Dr. Emily R. Morey-Holton, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Read the series in its entirety here in blog posts tagged Impact of Gravity on Life. In 1665-1666, Sir Isaac Newton first developed the universal law…
Read MoreThe Impact of Gravity on Life: What happens to life when gravity changes? Cells
This is the fifth post in our series The Impact of Gravity on Life, a paper written by Dr. Emily R. Morey-Holton, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Read the series in its entirety here in blog posts tagged Impact of Gravity on Life. Physics predicts that altered gravity will not cause any changes…
Read MoreThe Impact of Gravity on Life: Introduction
This is the second post in our series The Impact of Gravity on Life, a paper written by Dr. Emily R. Morey-Holton, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Read the series in its entirety here in blog posts tagged Impact of Gravity on Life. Gravity has been constant throughout the history of Earth. This…
Read MoreThe Impact of Gravity on Life: Abstract
We are thrilled to share with you The Impact of Gravity on Life, a paper written by Dr. Emily R. Morey-Holton, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. It is published here in blog posts tagged Impact of Gravity on Life. Gravity is a well-known, but little understood, physical force. Its intensity and direction have…
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