Last week, many news sites reported on a similar story - that Scott Kelly, an astronaut and identical twin to Mark Kelly, had had his DNA altered by 7% while in space. This ridiculous claim was the result of misinterpreted wording during a press conference where genetic researchers were discussing the summaries of their study on Scott’s gene expression in space versus Mark’s. Despite the story’s falsehood, it spread “like wildfire” among Twitter, even reaching and confusing Scott himself. Fake news spreads extremely, and it seems that part of its draw may be the wording of the articles - often “associated with surprise or disgust.”
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