Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. If I get ...

Rotifers have been the big wheels of the microscopic world for more than 300 years, so it's fitting that a rotifer's wheel-like head gets its turn in the photographic spotlight. Subscribe to read this ...

Tiny aquatic animal can also withstand desiccation, radiation and extreme heat, and reproduces asexually An animal that has thrived without males for millions of years will be a source of inspiration ...

We promise this isn’t as sinister as it sounds: Russian scientists have revived and cloned 24,000-year-old zombies. Don’t ...

A group of small, freshwater animals (bdelloid rotifers) protect themselves from infections using antibiotic recipes 'stolen' from bacteria, according to new research. This raises the potential that ...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a team of researchers from UMass Lowell, the University of Texas at El Paso and Ripon College in Wisconsin a four-year grant worth more than $1.5 ...

The bdelloid rotifer is known for its ability to withstand extreme environments. A microscopic multi-celled organism has returned to life after being frozen for 24,000 years in Siberia, according to ...

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