A type of bacteria dubbed “Conan the Bacterium” can withstand radiation thousands of times stronger than what can kill a ...

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A type of bacteria dubbed “Conan the Bacterium” can withstand radiation thousands of times stronger than what can kill a ...

Deinococcus radiodurans, also known as ‘Conan the Bacterium,’ can survive a variety of extreme environments that would doom ...

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New insight into how unique bacteria resist ... radioprotector — could be administered orally to mitigate these space radiation risks." He added that, "for manned missions to Mars, which may ...