Rotifers are already known to withstand freezing, boiling, radiation, and millions of years without having sex. But they've surprised researchers yet again when they were found living in a 24,000-year-old Siberian permafrost. wired.trib.al/IzQMP4j
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@WIRED @jay_hernandez Not my idea of fun, but as long as you keep mixing up the DNA… phys.org/news/2016-04-s…
@WIRED Wasn’t this the plot of The Last Ship?
@WIRED @jay_hernandez Oh wow not anyone's idea of fun huh
@WIRED *Paging @CrichtonWebsite your foreshadowing event is ready for pickup*
@WIRED This is also how Back 4 Blood started... It was just a worm though.
@WIRED They have some of the same qualities as a tardigrade but tardigrades are cuter 🥺