Tardigrades could (maybe) survive a nuclear attack. And now we know how.
A tardigrade. (AP Photo/BobGoldstein && amp; Vicki Madden, UNC Chapel Hill) Scientists just recently understood a essential component in tardigrades’ toolbox of superpowers, unraveling how a distinct protein secures everybody’s preferred tiny water bears from damaging radiation. Though small, tardigrades are infamously hard. They can weather severe conditions that would eliminate most kinds of life,…
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