National / Science & Health | NATURAL SELECTIONS Mar 23, 2018
Tiny tardigrades might hold the key to the origin of life
by Rowan Hooper
The city of Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture is famous for the three sacred mountains that are central to the practice of Shugendo. In this fascinating fusion of Buddhism and Shinto, disciples climb and descend the thousands of stone steps that lead to the summit ...