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Why Tough, Tiny Tardigrades May Be the 1st Interstellar Travelers'Water bears' are going laser surfing!
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DNA Analysis Reveals Why 'Water Bears' Are the World's Toughest AnimalsTardigrades are virtually indestructible, and scientists believe alien life could share some of the same qualities as these tiny creatures.
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8-Legged Extremophile Freaks Will Outlive Humanity (& Maybe the Sun)The eight-legged micro-animal called a tardigrade could survive nearly all the way until the death of the sun, a new study suggests — long after humans are history.
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Weird Microscopic Animal Inspires New Kind of GlassA really weird, really tiny animal — the microscopic tardigrade — is the inspiration behind a new material that could improve the efficiency of things like LED lights to solar cells.
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First Animal To Survive In SpaceTardigrades or Water bears are the only creatures that can survive the extreme conditions in the vacuum of outer space.
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Weird Wildlife: The Real Animals of AntarcticaHint: They're not just penguins.
