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LIT facts are marked [LIT] with their source. Tardigrades survive drying by curling into a "tun" (anhydrobiosis). TARDIS experiment, FOTON-M3, 2007: tuns survived open space (Jönsson et al. 2008, Current Biology). Dsup protein reduces X-ray DNA damage (Hashimoto et al. 2016, Nature Communications). CAHS proteins vitrify cells as they dry (Boothby et al. 2017, Molecular Cell). Frozen moss tardigrades revived after 30.5 years (Tsujimoto et al. 2016, Cryobiology). MODEL the electrum ring, 79/21, is Dave's. Choices and events are fiction.← SaPpH{{i}}on