• Tardigrades are hardy enough to survive large asteroid impacts and even supernova blasts. • Water bears have survived all five mass extinctions on Earth since they first evolved about half a billion ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images Tardigrades, the ubiquitous ...

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Scientists studying the biology of the tardigrade have filled in important new details around how the tiny aquatic creature can survive the harshest of conditions. The discovery centers on a newfound ...

Scientists are just starting to understand the tardigrade. It can survive boiling water, outer space, and extreme radiation. Following is a transcript of the video. This funny looking little guy can ...

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hello un full person this is Anton and in this video we're going to discuss some of the most recent discoveries about our little friends tardigrades super strange creatures discovered back in 1773 by ...

A peek at tardigrades’ genetic diaries may dispel a rumor about an amazing feat the tiny creatures were supposed to perform: borrowing large numbers of genes from other organisms. Tardigrades — also ...

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On April 11, the Israeli lander Beresheet (“in the beginning”) crashed on the moon, spilling precious cargo that included a copy of the entire English-language Wikipedia, a sample from India’s sacred ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...