Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoA Horrifying Thing Happens to Your Fingernails After a Walk in Spacewww.sciencealert.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down110
arrow-up163arrow-down1external-linkA Horrifying Thing Happens to Your Fingernails After a Walk in Spacewww.sciencealert.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up161·10 months agoThe “horrible thing” is fingernail loss, which mostly occurs after a prolonged spacewalk. It occurs more often in poorly-fitted gloves and in women, but can occur in well-fitted gloves and in men. Those are basically all of the facts in the article.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·10 months agoI was expecting it to be a lot more exciting than something that also happens to your toes on earth if you do too much long distance running.
The “horrible thing” is fingernail loss, which mostly occurs after a prolonged spacewalk. It occurs more often in poorly-fitted gloves and in women, but can occur in well-fitted gloves and in men.
Those are basically all of the facts in the article.
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I was expecting it to be a lot more exciting than something that also happens to your toes on earth if you do too much long distance running.