2024.05.31

Radical Resilience

What makes tardigrades so hardy?

This tardigrade, imaged by scanning electron microscope, is less than 0.1 millimeter across. (credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library)

This tardigrade, imaged by scanning electron microscope, is less than 0.1 millimeter across. (credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library)

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