How the tiny tardigrade could help solve big problems
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Dr. Thomas Boothby |
TEDxBermuda
• October 2019
Meet the tardigrade: a 1-millimeter animal capable of surviving environmental extremes of heat, cold and high radiation. Science educator Thomas Boothby examines the chemical processes that preserve tardigrade physiology under duress and explains how they can inspire solutions to some of humanity’s own weather-related problems.