Don't be Tardy...grade: Wacky Studies into the Resilience of Water bears

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Radiation, and freezing, and drought oh my! Tardigrades are resistant to all this and more. Emily shows Clara the weird and wacky side of scientific studies including one that shot tardigrades out of a gun. To learn about the only animal that can (BEAR-ly) survive in space, make sure to listen to this week's episode of right up your algae.

Tardigrades as a potential model organism in space research: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ast.2006.0088

New species of water bear uses fluorescent “shield” to survive lethal UV radiation:

https://www.science.org/content/article/new-species- ...