https://cellulamagna.com 2026-10-23T12:21:31+00:00 daily 1.0 https://cellulamagna.com/posts 2026-10-23T12:21:31+00:00 daily 0.9 https://cellulamagna.com/shorts 2026-10-23T12:21:31+00:00 daily 0.8 https://cellulamagna.com/explore monthly 0.7 https://cellulamagna.com/about monthly 0.5 https://cellulamagna.com/post/can-tardigrades-survive-space 2026-10-23T12:21:31+00:00 0.9 https://cellulamagna.com/media/tardigrade-vs-you/thumb-2.webp https://cellulamagna.com/media/tardigrade-vs-you/thumb-2.webp 5,000 Grays: The Animal That Takes a Thousand Times Your Lethal Dose How does a half-millimetre animal survive ten days in open space, an hour above 80 °C, 6,000 atmospheres and a thousand times your lethal radiation dose? Mostly by drying out first. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GNSt1Vfu5Zw 278 2026-10-22T18:30:39+00:00 yes https://cellulamagna.com/post/where-did-mitochondria-come-from 2026-10-23T12:21:31+00:00 0.9 https://cellulamagna.com/media/mitochondria-origin/thumb-2.webp https://cellulamagna.com/media/mitochondria-origin/thumb-2.webp 100 Turns a Second: The Spinning Motor Inside Your Mitochondria Between one and a half and two billion years ago, a bacterium ended up inside another cell. Instead of being digested, it stayed, and its descendants are powering you right now. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_Mj_tsxElUA 254 2026-10-21T01:34:23+00:00 yes https://cellulamagna.com/shorts/thirty-years-frozen-then-it-woke-up 2026-10-23T12:21:07+00:00 0.6 https://cellulamagna.com/media/tardigrade-vs-you/shorts/short-thirty-years.webp Thirty Years Frozen, Then It Woke Up A water bear kept frozen in a clump of moss for about thirty years woke up once it was warmed, and even laid eggs. 🥚 https://www.youtube.com/embed/qA0J9cPQjnI 32 2026-10-22T18:30:26+00:00 yes https://cellulamagna.com/shorts/how-much-radiation-can-a-water-bear-take 2026-10-23T12:21:07+00:00 0.6 https://cellulamagna.com/media/tardigrade-vs-you/shorts/short-radiation.webp How Much Radiation Can a Water Bear Take? 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