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Gunther von Hagens, creator of Body Worlds and plastination, dies aged 81
Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist and creator of the global Body Worlds exhibitions, has died at the age of 81.
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In microgravity, the human spine lengthens by as much as five centimetres, and astronauts come home temporarily taller than when they left, before gravity compresses the column again within days of landing
Astronauts experience significant spinal lengthening in microgravity, returning to Earth temporarily taller before gravity compresses the column.