Tardigrade-obsessed: meet the researchers trying to turn water bears into neuroscience models
Tardigrades exist in a sweet spot: simple enough to study properly yet intricate enough for it to be worthwhile, providing a model for studying neural circuits.
A moment that changed me: I saw my first wild water bear and snapped out of my despair at the world
I had been feeling overwhelmed about the state of the world: the climate crisis, ecological devastation, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and growing political toxicity.