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How Antarctica's only native insect could hold secrets to deep space travel

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Belgica antarctica manages to live in the freezing continent by essentially switching itself off for the coldest seasons.

This could hold clues for humans about subjects like cryopreservation, when living things are frozen at very low temperatures far below zero, to come back to normal life again in future.

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70

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63

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80

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informal

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English

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52

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long-living

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