Here’s the recent news I was referring to - it made a splash and certainly in my mind confused the discussion about space radiation for explorers beyond the ISS:

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/us-study-work-in-space-does-not-seem-to-shorten-astronauts-lives-/4719847.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-astronauts/work-in-space-does-not-seem-to-shorten-astronauts-lives-idUSKCN1OP18W

https://www.unionleader.com/news/health/study-work-in-space-does-not-seem-to-shorten-astronauts/article_098dccca-3c44-5b72-9cbe-7b5a74f2bea1.html

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