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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A team of biologists affiliated with several institutions in China has learned more about the means by which tardigrades are able to withstand high doses of radiation. In their study, published in the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Apart from their disconcerting cuteness, tardigrades are famed for ...

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They're found on Mount Everest, in the deep seas, aboard the International Space Station and thousands of them have even crash landed and been spilled onto the moon. The microscopic water bear has a ...

Tardigrades are well-known for their amazing survival skills, and scientists are exploring whether some of those impressive abilities could help humans. A new study from the University of Wyoming ...

If you're going to try "tattooing" a microscopic animal, it would make sense to select one of the toughest creatures on the planet. That's exactly what scientists have done with the tardigrade, and ...

Tardigrades — those darling, near-microscopic critters that are nearly indestructible — carry proteins that could keep critical drugs and medical treatments stable without refrigeration, scientists ...

Just over five years ago, on 22 February 2019, an unmanned space probe was placed in orbit around the Moon. Named Beresheet and built by SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries, it was intended to be ...

No longer solely in the realm of science fiction, the possibility of interstellar travel has appeared, tantalizingly, on the horizon. Although we may not see it in our lifetimes—at least not some real ...