When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images Tardigrades, the ubiquitous ...

The tardigrade-shaped blob was visible in an up-close solar view. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. No, tardigrades haven't ...

Tardigrades, the microscopic little eight-legged beasties that are thought to be among the toughest organisms on the planet, have been around a long time. According to their molecular clock, these ...

Every year, Olympus organises the Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award, inviting anyone who uses a microscope to capture biology images to submit some of the best images they’ve taken ...

Tardigrades are some of the toughest lifeforms ever discovered, and it’s been proposed that they (or similar organisms) could seed life through the cosmos by hitching rides on asteroids. Now, ...

Some experts are skeptical that the frozen moss piglet really entered a quantum state. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Tree trails. While taking aerial photos with his drone, Australian photographer Derry Moroney came across these massive, tree-like patterns in Lake Cakora in New South Wales. The colourful drainage ...

Thomas Pesquet: Feeding the tardigrades! Researchers are investigating the effects of microgravity on these microscopic creatures, also known as water bears, through an experiment called Cell Science ...

In April 2019, the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft crash-landed on the Moon. Along for the ride were thousands of tiny creatures, which scientists now think may have spilled out and littered the lunar ...

A protein from tardigrades, called Dsup, may shield healthy cells from radiation damage Scientists used nanoparticles to deliver mRNA instructions for producing Dsup in mice Treated cells showed less ...