2019-11-05

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Journey to the Microcosmos

This week, the microcosmos meet the cosmos as we explore even more fascinating things about our friend, the tardigrade. We'll discuss their weird weird mouths, how we take care of our tardigrades, and what's going to happen to those tardigrades that crashed into the moon.

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Music by Andrew Huang:

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This video features the tracks "Rain II" and "Triad Flux" by Andrew Huang, which you can find for sale at http://www.andrewhuang.bandcamp.com

Journey to the Microcosmos is a Complexly production.

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Sources:

https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319957012

https://www.livescience.com/65962-glowing-tardigrade-swallowed-aragonite.html

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150313-the-toughest-animals-on-earth

https://www.wired.com/story/a-crashed-israeli-lunar-lander-spilled-tardigrades-on-the-moon/

https://www.livescience.com/moon-tardigrades-future.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6773438/

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150313-the-toughest-animals-on-earth