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SWSCinsect – by Stephen Beech ONLINE EMBARGO 10.00 GMT, 12/02/25 The “unique” way Antarctica’s only native insect survives the extreme cold could help humans travel deep into space, according to a new study. The tiny flightless Antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica) has developed its own method of coping with freezing temperatures, say Japanese scientists. And they believe it could provide clues for humans about subjects such as cryopreservation – the preservation of living things by cooling them to very low temperatures. Cryopreservation has previously been suggested as a way that humans could survive traveling in space beyond our own solar system,…