These tough little buggers, also known as tardigrades, could keep calm and carry on until the sun boils Earth's oceans away billions of years from now, according to a new study that
examined water bears» resistance to various astronomical disasters.
Researchers
examined outcome data for more than 6,500 midwife - attended
water births in the United States and found that newborns
born in
water were no more likely to experience low Apgar scores, require transfer to the hospital after birth or be hospitalized in their first six weeks of life, than newborns who were not
born in
water.