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Super-tough tardigrades fired from a gun to test their invincibility – CNET
Nature’s microscopic water bears can survive freezing, radiation and more. Now scientists have turned them into bullets to find their limits.
Tardigrades can survive extreme conditions including water, ice and even space.
Video screenshot by CNET
Scientists have identified a new breaking point for one of the most indestructible life-forms known to humanity.
Tiny tardigrades, aka water bears, are among the hardiest animals we know of. The microscopic wonders are able to survive extreme temperatures and the vacuum of space. That has implications for an idea called panspermia, which suggests some life-forms could move between worlds, perhaps…
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