Tardigrades can completely dehydrate and later rehydrate themselves, a survival trick that scientists are harnessing to preserve medicines in hot temperatures.
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At least one of Earth's creatures is able to survive the vacuum of space.
The microscopic tardigrades are an elusive species. Fossils are rare, but each new find adds a piece to their unsolved evolutionary puzzle.
These nematodes complicate how we understand evolutionary lineages.
More than 90% of human faces are home to mites that live in our skin pores. These friendly guests might be merging with us.
Forget little green men: These scientists say we should be more worried about little green germs.
Another amazing tardigrade survival skill is discovered.
Atop certain glaciers are herds of small mossy balls that somehow move together when no one's looking.
In one of the ocean's most lifeless places, scientists discover and resuscitate ancient organisms.
Tardigrades – commonly called "water bears" – were among the payload of an Israeli lunar lander that crashed into the moon in April.
The blob that's astonishing science gets its own exhibit.
How can we save humanity from ourselves? In this life and this Universe, there will always be questions beyond the capabilities of humanity to answer. There’s so much that we’ve […]
A completely unexpected discovery beneath the ice.
Meet Deinococcus radioduranst, the world's toughest bacteria.
If we restrict ourselves to looking for extraterrestrial life on Earth-like worlds, we might miss it entirely. When we think about life out there in the Universe, far beyond the […]
The ability to instantaneously jump from one location in space to another clearly violates the laws of physics. Or does it? There are a few rules in the Universe that seem […]
The 168th known tardigrade—a.k.a "water bear" or "moss piglet"—species can even reproduce in the lab.
Scientists have been probing our solar system for extraterrestrial life.
Cephalopods like the octopus could have originated from outside of our solar system, possibly coming to Earth as hitchhikers frozen inside comets and meteors.
At long last, we’re getting a confrontation with ethics, with science, and with human frailty, not just the Federation at war. “You are… six years old. You are weak and helpless! […]
What if alien life — or even intelligence — don’t look like what we’re searching for? When the original Star Trek premiered, it was revolutionary for depicting sentient, intelligent species other than humans, living […]
Big Think speaks with the American who’s spent the most time in space, astronaut Peggy Whitson, looking back on what she learned during life in orbit.
IFLS might be fun for the armchair enthusiast, but couldn’t you have at least consulted an expert? “You were always a good officer. Until you weren’t.”–Saru, from Star Trek: Discovery With […]
For the first time, I genuinely enjoyed the new series. There’s been one question that’s bothered me in every episode since Star Trek: Discovery began: why would anyone want to be […]
Life never ceases to surprise, even when faced with the unforgiving environment of space.
There are several ways alien life could travel across space, scientists say.
It isn’t about saving us from aliens at all. “To be on my very first spacewalk, to be outside, and to have contamination in my suit to the point that I […]
The deep dive into the mirror Universe, and the ethics of how we deal with purity and diversity, is just getting started. Life in the mirror Universe isn’t easy for anyone. […]