Spaced Out

You Calling Me An Astro-Nought?

A scientist has declared that long-distance space travel will leave us short, fat and bald. Astrobiologist Dr Lewis Dartness revealed at the Cheltenham Science Festival that living without gravity would cause space travellers' bones and muscles not to develop properly. He said "future spacemen and women are likely to become pretty chubby."

FOOTNOTE: Fat chance.