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How did water bears get so hardy? Secrets of tardigrade evolution revealed in new fossil analysis
4 months, 1 week ago

How did water bears get so hardy? Secrets of tardigrade evolution revealed in new fossil analysis

Salon  

At first glance, the microscopic creatures known as tardigrades don't appear that hardy. "Before our publication, we only know how two of these fossils are related to living tardigrades," the study's corresponding author, Dr. Marc A. Mapalo from Harvard University's Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, told Salon. "Currently, the science indicates that water bears have several modes of cryptobiosis, …

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Scientists may have found the key to slowing down ageing - thanks to tardigrades
9 months, 1 week ago

Scientists may have found the key to slowing down ageing - thanks to tardigrades

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have found that tardigrade proteins can slow down metabolism in …

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Could tardigrades have colonised the Moon?
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Could tardigrades have colonised the Moon?

The Hindu  

Just over five years ago, on 22 February 2019, an unmanned space probe was placed in orbit around the Moon. However, they survived impacts of 2,600 km/h or less – and their “hard landing” on the Moon, unwanted or not, was far slower. The Moon’s surface is not protected from solar particles and cosmic rays, particularly gamma rays, but here …

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Did life hitch a ride to Earth?
1 year, 3 months ago

Did life hitch a ride to Earth?

BBC  

How life might hitchhike its way through the galaxy Getty Images The cigar-shaped 'Oumuamua was the first officially confirmed interstellar object to be seen in our solar system Long distance space travel is still beyond human reach. Esa/Nasa/JPL-Caltech Our Solar System emerged from a giant cloud of dust and gas around 4.5 billion years ago However, even the planets in …

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Scientists discover weakness of near-indestructible tardigrade
2 years, 8 months ago

Scientists discover weakness of near-indestructible tardigrade

The Independent  

Tardigrades – the microscopic eight-legged animals – have been found to ‘hitch a ride’ on the backs of land snails, according to a new study. They concluded that land snails could effectively aid the transfer of tardigrades – which, on average, measure around 0.5mm in length – to a new environment. “On the other hand, the effect of the snails’ …

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Meet the microscopic animal that can survive being shot out of a gun
3 years, 7 months ago

Meet the microscopic animal that can survive being shot out of a gun

Salon  

Imagine a fleshy microscopic caterpillar that lumbers around on its eight legs like a bear and seems to have a primitive camera lens jammed in the middle of its face. As reported in Live Science, a group of researchers at the British college the University of Kent fired some water bears out of a "two-stage light gas gun," which shoots …

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Scientists fire world’s most resilient creature from a Nasa gun to find out if aliens could travel the stars
3 years, 7 months ago

Scientists fire world’s most resilient creature from a Nasa gun to find out if aliens could travel the stars

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have shot tardigrades, one of the world’s most indestructible life forms, out …

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Scientists shoot water bears from a gun at speeds up to 2,160 mph to see if they can survive space
3 years, 7 months ago

Scientists shoot water bears from a gun at speeds up to 2,160 mph to see if they can survive space

Daily Mail  

Also known as 'water bears,' they were mistakenly left on the moon in April 2019 following an Israeli probe crash Tardigrades would most likely not survive landings on Mars' moon Phobos, but could survive landings on Europa and Enceladus Tardigrades have continued to showcase their resilience, as scientists shot them out of a gun at speeds approaching 2,160mph to see …

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How water bears survive lethal UV radiation
4 years, 2 months ago

How water bears survive lethal UV radiation

The Hindu  

“I know an animal that can live in boiling water or in solid ice. His new paper shows that a tardigrade called Paramacrobiotus BLR strain has a protective fluorescent shield which helps it survive harmful ultraviolet radiation. At this radiation dose, another species of tardigrade called Hypsibius exemplaris died within a day, and most of the roundworms were found dead …

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US Court Goes Where 'No Court Has Gone Before' for 'Star Trek'
4 years, 4 months ago

US Court Goes Where 'No Court Has Gone Before' for 'Star Trek'

News 18  

An appeals court went a little out of this world on Monday in ruling that an offshoot of the Star Trek franchise did not infringe the copyrights of a developers video game concept. Circuit Court of Appeals used some legal literary license in writing a decision in favor of CBS Broadcasting Inc. as he noted that a copyright lawsuit filed …

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Crashed Israeli satellite dropped Earth’s most resilient lifeform on the Moon
5 years, 5 months ago

Crashed Israeli satellite dropped Earth’s most resilient lifeform on the Moon

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. What's more, the new residents are tardigrades – considered the most resilient life form on Earth, they …

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Hordes of tardigrades, Earth’s toughest creatures, may now be living on Moon
5 years, 5 months ago

Hordes of tardigrades, Earth’s toughest creatures, may now be living on Moon

Hindustan Times  

There might be life on the Moon after all: thousands of virtually indestructible creatures that can withstand extreme radiation, sizzling heat, the coldest temperatures of the universe, and decades without food. They likely made it out alive following a crash landing on the lunar surface by Israel’s Beresheet probe in April, the US-based organization responsible for their trip said Tuesday. …

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Crashed spacecraft may have left tiny tardigrades on the moon
5 years, 5 months ago

Crashed spacecraft may have left tiny tardigrades on the moon

CNN  

CNN — You’ve heard of men on the moon – but what about moss piglets? Thousands of tardigrades – also known as “water bears” or “moss piglets” – were on board the Beresheet spacecraft when it crash landed on the moon in April. The tiny creatures are incredibly hardy and can survive extremely low temperatures and harsh conditions– and The …

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Science Says: Tiny ‘water bears’ can teach us about survival
5 years, 9 months ago

Science Says: Tiny ‘water bears’ can teach us about survival

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Earth’s ultimate survivors can weather extreme heat, cold, radiation and even the vacuum of space. Miller said tardigrades seem to be the first animals on Earth to have evolved legs, and, sure enough, they look like a first draft: The rear two legs face backward while the front six face forward. But they don’t have a circulatory system …

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