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Backup of Tardigrade
Backup of Tardigrade
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https://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/tardigrade/index.html
2
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37384466
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http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150313-the-toughest-animals-on-earth
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http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40752669
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/meet-the-tardigrade-the-toughest-animal-on-earth-thomas-boothby
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http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/27/health/tardigrade-water-bear-survival-study/index.html
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tardigrades-arent-champion-gene-swappers-after-all
Source
Ted-ED: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/meet-the-tardigrade-the-toughest-animal-on-earth-
thomas-boothby
By Thomas Boothby
Access: 08/12/17
BBC: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150313-the-toughest-animals-on-earth
By Jasmin Fox-Skelly
Last changed: 13 March 2015
Access: 02/12/17
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40752669
By Sarah GabbottScience writer
Last changed: 28 July 2017
Access: 04/12/17
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37384466
By Nathan Tauger and Victoria Gill
BBC Science reporters
Last changed: 20 September 2016
Access: 03/12/17
CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/27/health/tardigrade-water-bear-survival-
study/index.html
By Ashley Strickland, CNN
Last changed: 2012 GMT (0412 HKT) July 27, 2017
Access: 07/12/17
Source Evaluation
Wikipedia: This is not a source because it is an open encyclopedia so anyone can edit it, but
there are some sources are linked to the article on the site. This is not a reliable source, but a
source collection instead. Although we cannot use Wikipedia as a source, but it is still a
valuable tool in order to have a basic grasp of the research subject.
BBC: This is as a reliable source because it is the public broadcasting in the UK with a long
history.
CNN: This is as a reliable source because it is one of the the major news outlets in the US.
Science News: This is an orthodox science magazine and a reliable source.
Microbial Life - Educational Resources: This is a digital library site managed by NASA,
which is reliable.
TED-ED: This could be considered as a reliable source to extent. They claim that "Each
lesson on TED-ED has been reviewed by a team of educators and experts".