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Tardigrades: Facts about one of the hardiest animals on Earth, and beyondReference Tardigrades, often called water bears or moss piglets, are near-microscopic animals that are extremely resilient.
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1st tardigrade fossils ever discovered hint at how they survived Earth's biggest mass extinctionDetailed 3D images of the first tardigrade fossils ever discovered help scientists predict when tardigrades evolved their near-indestructibility — a trait that might have helped them survive multiple mass extinctions.
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Tardigrade proteins could slow aging in humans, small cell study findsIn lab-dishes studies, proteins drawn from tiny tardigrades slowed human cell metabolism.
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15 of the weirdest things we have launched into spaceFrom a dummy-driven Tesla, to a giant disco ball, to U.S. presidents' hair, here are some of the weirdest things humans have put into space.
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Tardigrade proteins could help stabilize drugs without refrigeration, scientists sayProteins found in tardigrades could be used to stabilize drugs that would otherwise need refrigeration.
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8 Reasons Why We Love TardigradesWhether you know them as water bears or moss piglets, tardigrades are microscopic bundles of awesomeness.
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30-Year Deep Freeze Just Puts Tardigrade in the MoodTwo tardigrades and one egg that spent the past three decades cooling their jets in a researchers' freezer were recently resuscitated.
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Move Over, Tardigrades — 'Mold Pigs' Are the New Micro-Beast in TownA paleobiologist uncovered a never-before-seen microinvertebrate in Dominican amber.
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An Even-Weirder-Than-Usual Tardigrade Just Turned Up in a Parking LotThe world's newest species of water bear has eight legs and eggs covered with tentacles.
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