Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/04/07/tardigrade-proteins-can-protect-human-cells.html
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Weird to call tardigrades omnivores. Sure, there are tardigrades that eat plants and that eat other animals, but usually species are one or the other. (Strictly they aren’t at all indestructable either, and get eaten a lot. They’re just really resilient to different things from us.)
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New superhero origin story dropping in 3 … 2 … 1 …
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The Incredible Dehydration Man seems likely to be consigned to obscurity given that his abilities all center around being able to survive long periods of metabolic stasis under brutal conditions; but, while impressive, metabolic stasis is not a thrilling state.
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“Dehydration Man? It can’t be! You’re supposed to be dead!”
“Yeah, people make that mistake a lot.”
“But…um…do you actually have any way to stop me now that you’re here?”
“I broke the water fountain in your lab. Now I just have to wait you out.”
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brb, gotta go slather myself in tardigrade cells
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Previously on Dehydration Man:
DM escapes from Doctor Fridge’s lair into the Antarctic winter night. Pursuit ends when they find his frozen body.
Six months later…
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Though as a villain, he may be working towards rendering the planet uninhabitable to all non-tardigrades.
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I think thats just man, isn’t it?
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I like the idea that the protagonist (in their ordinary-person guise) is a student who is late in turning in term papers, hence gets the nickname “tardy grades.”
“If only they knew…”
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