Tardigrades are survivors. For more than 500 million years, the microscopic “water bears” have spread all over the planet and endured some of the harshest conditions Earth has to offer. Now a new ...

The Tardigrade's Bookshelf Book Bar is now open in Appleton, serving up drinks and books in a relaxed bar environment. The business, 501 N. Richmond St. in the former VFW building, opened on Sept. 23.

There’s no two ways about it: tardigrades are badass. These eight-legged, microscopic water-dwellers have survived the vacuum of space, extreme dehydration, and temperatures ranging from near absolute ...

If you haven't heard of a tardigrade before, prepare to be wowed. These clumsy, eight-legged creatures, nicknamed water bears, are about half a millimeter long and can survive practically anything: ...

A protein found in tardigrades — tiny animals less than a millimeter long — can protect mice from radiation damage. Most cancer patients undergo radiation therapy as part of their treatment, often ...

In a small Danish cemetery, a researcher hovers over a fallen tree covered by a rich green mat. She collects samples of lichen and moss and places them into two separate coffee filters. Meanwhile, her ...

Scientists have discovered a wild treatment that they say could protect astronauts from the copious amounts of space radiation they’d be exposed to during trips into deep space. In an effort to find ...

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the University of Iowa have developed a strategy that could help mitigate radiation-induced damage by ...

"We think the ways tardigrades have evolved to withstand extreme environments on this planet may also be what protects them against the stresses of spaceflight." When you purchase through links on our ...

We know that the tiny tardigrade is one of the toughest creatures on the planet, and a newly discovered species of these miniature 'water bears' has given experts a deeper insight into how they can ...

The microscopic creatures can withstand the harsh environment of outer space, making them ideal candidates to study new ways to protect astronauts. Reading time 3 minutes Tardigrades, tiny, ...