By Rowan Hooper Tardigrades are extraordinarily robustSTEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The most resilient animal known to science – the tardigrade – is yielding its secrets, with the first work at the atomic level investigating the way the animal survives extreme stress. Tardigrades are microscopic, eight-legged animals sometimes referred to as water bears. They live in…
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