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Harnessing the superpowers of the most resilient life form on Earth (www.bbc.com)
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[–] Illogicalbit@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

My favorite quote:

"When tardigrades begin to dry out, they start making these proteins at very, very high levels, essentially filling the inside of their cells with these weird, disordered, floppy proteins,"

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

They’ve finally developed that spore drive?