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Researchers found that a protein from tardigrades could help astronauts ward off the damage from space radiation.

Scientists Propose Injecting Astronauts With Tardigrade RNA After Finding It Prevents Radiation Damage

By Victor Tangermann

Two professors say the first interstellar travel may transport tiny microscopic organisms known as tardigrades, or water bears, through space.

Scientists Propose Sending Small Creatures to Neighboring Star Systems

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A team of researchers claim to have quantum entangled frozen tardigrades, microscopic animals that are extremely hardy.

Quantum Physics

Scientists Claim to Entangle Entire Animal in Quantum State

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers fired tardigrades, also known as water bears, out of a gun to see if they could survive in extreme conditions like outer space.

Scientists Loaded Tiny Organisms Into a Gun and Shot Them At Targets

By Victor Tangermann

Canadian artist Julie Laurin recently started a livestream of tardigrades — eight-legged micro-animals also known as "water bears" — on Twitch.

Science & Energy

This Livestream of Tardigrades on Twitch is Oddly Soothing

By Victor Tangermann

Even tardigrades — one of the most resilient creatures in the known universe — might not be able to survive global warming, according to a new study.

Scientists: Global Warming Could Kill Tardigrades

By Kristin Houser

Geneticist Chris Mason has an unusual idea for helping future astronauts survive the trip to Mars: gene-hack them with tardigrade DNA that blocks radiation.

This Scientist Wants to Gene-Hack Hybrid Humans to Survive Mars

By Dan Robitzski

While the recent tardigrade spill on the Moon is bad news, it may not be the first time the resilient little creatures made their way to the lunar surface.

Science & Energy

Hipster Asteroids Spilled Tardigrades on the Moon Before It Was Cool

By Dan Robitzski

Israeli lunar lander Beresheet crashed onto the surface of the Moon on April 11 spilling thousands of dehydrated "water bears" or tardigrades.

Science & Energy

Crashed Moon Lander Splattered Live Organisms Onto Lunar Surface

By Victor Tangermann

Water Bears Could One Day Outlive Everything Except the Sun Itself

Water Bears Could One Day Outlive Everything Except the Sun Itself

By Chelsea Gohd

The Secret is Out: Scientists Figured Out How Tardigrades Became Immune to Radiation

Science & Energy

The Secret is Out: Scientists Figured Out How Tardigrades Became Immune to Radiation

Turns Out Water Bears Are Not “Genetic Thieves” After All

Turns Out Water Bears Are Not “Genetic Thieves” After All

By Todd Jaquith

Newly Sequenced Tardigrade Genome Reveals the Organism Is Far Stranger Than Anticipated

Science & Energy

Newly Sequenced Tardigrade Genome Reveals the Organism Is Far Stranger Than Anticipated

By Joseph Libunao

Tardigrades: The Micro World Meets the Macro World

Science & Energy

Tardigrades: The Micro World Meets the Macro World

By Jolene Creighton