They’ve featured prominently in science fiction, including an episode of “Star Trek: Discovery” where tardigrade DNA enables an experimental propulsion system. The video game “Mass Effect: Andromeda” ...

Since Stamets possesses tardigrade DNA, he exists outside of time and also remains aware of the time jumps. In Star Trek: Discovery season 3, episode 1, "That Hope Is You, Part 1," Commander ...

The fame of tardigrades extends beyond scientific circles into popular culture, where they’ve become symbols of indestructibility. Their space-surviving capabilities have earned them appearances in ...

Star Trek: Discovery starts in the mid-23rd century ... Short Treks goes on a nostalgic journey in "Ephraim And Dot." A tardigrade named Ephraim tries to find a place to hatch her eggs, and ...

Because of its serialized format, Discovery did not do many old-school Star Trek “message episodes,” and when it did, the writers were often sneaky about it. One of the two main storylines in ...

“Voyager.” “Enterprise.” Each one a milestone. And now, with the final episode of “Star Trek: Discovery” streaming on Paramount+, we add one more to the mix, like the rings of a tree ...

"Life, Itself" brings Discovery to a close in an earnest, if messy manner, to remind us that nobody's perfect, least of all Star Trek: Discovery . What a long road it’s been for Star Trek ...

U.S.S. Discovery's final mission is almost at its end, with the last episode of "Star Trek: Discovery" Season 5 scheduled to release this Thursday. The fifth and final season of the hit TV series ...

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Due to Stamets’ (Anthony Rapp) tardigrade DNA ... Rennie calls it “a bonding episode,” filled with Star Trek and Discovery history, for his and Martin-Green’s characters.

But Star Trek: Discovery has played around with the concept ... who also exists out of time because of his tardigrade DNA and is aware of the looping going on, a sentence that is truly as ...