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In the long run, revealing what makes tardigrades so tolerant could lead to ways of protecting biological material, such as food and medicine from extreme temperatures, drying out, and radiation exposure, which will be invaluable...

Guest post by David Middleton People are gearing up to spread life from our solar system out into the cosmos. But the first life-forms to make that journey won’t be human beings, or even critters most folks would recognize....

Much like the concept of Futurama, nature has produced a creature hardy enough to survive being completely frozen for years. Japanese scientists successfully revived tiny tardigrades - or “water bears”, their common name...

Glass seems pretty perfect the way it is, but researchers are still constantly looking for ways to make it better. University of Chicago researchers stumbled on a new type of glass while studying tiny, sturdy little creatures...