Inverse:
We regret to inform you those widely circulated articles claiming astronaut Scott Kelly’s DNA changed after spending a year in space were incorrect, according to an official NASA statement.
The Business Insider story claimed, “Roughly seven percent of Scott Kelly’s genes may have permanently changed as a result of his time in space.” The next day, Newsweek published a story about the same results with the headline “NASA Twins Study Confirms Astronaut’s DNA Actually Changed in Space.” The thing is, they’re both wrong, because neither NASA nor the researchers on the Twins Study ever said that.
I posted the original (now debunked) story on Tuesday and I’m happy to post the correction today. Interesting game of Telephone. Thanks to Loop reader Drew Leavitt for pointing it out.
A quick edit to the previous story might be appropriate. 🙂
I WAS GETTING TO IT!!
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I AM SORRY I AM SO UNREASONABLY DEMANDING! 🙂
Next headline from irresponsible news sources: “Plot twist: they are unrelated biologically and look the same!”
Oy, this is sounding like a Hanukkah family dinner, c. 1972.
Damn it, there go my plans of being a serial killer, then hiding in space for a year, coming back and using my new DNA to clear me…
Well I’m sure this correction story will be spread around the world with the same fervour as the original was.