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For your biology question re gravity. There are actually a lot of interesting studies on this using the International Space Station. Sometimes when astronauts return to Earth they cannot stand at all due to their muscles degrading as they become disused. For bones I would think that without as much gravity they would be able to grow longer resulting in taller people. Indeed, when astronauts return from the ISS they are taller than when they left as their spine is less compressed.
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