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Welcome to the Winter 2020 edition of Physiology News Introduction Features 5 Editorial: Space is in the air 22 Don’t lose sight under pressure: Cranial consequences of a life without gravity 6 President’s View: Looking back on a great year 26 Space brain: The adverse impact of deep space radiation 7 Letters to the Editor exposure on the brain 30 May the (Gz) force be with you: Gravity and human space exploration News and Views 36 The invisible space killers: The dangers of space radiation from both inside and outside the solar system 8 Reports of The Society’s recent committee meetings 40 Getting to the heart of it: The cardiovascular consequences 9 Physiology Feed of spaceflight 10 Physiologist among the stars: A conversation with Log into the portal to update your details now: Jim Pawelczyk physoc.org/details 12 Physiological discoveries abound within NASA samples Membership 14 Sex in space: Our final reproductive frontier 44 Why research space physiology? 15 Book Review: How to live in space by Colin Stuart 46 Obituary: William Stanley Peart TPS12405 - Diversity and inclusivity advert - text update V2REPRO.indd 1 13/08/2019 11:48:49 16 The NASA Twins studies 47 Obituary: Paul M Vanhoutte Events 19 Partnerships, communities and inclusion to drive better research 21 Europhysiology 2020: Bringing together the physiology community Cover image: “Knowledge Space” by Martin Sati. 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