hardy

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Previous work has shown that the hardy microbe can withstand radiation and desiccation, making it a candidate for interplanetary survival.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

After a comet devastates most of civilization in the first movie, Gerard Butler returns to lead an especially hardy family of survivors into a bold new future.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

It is a small but hardy and nutritious wild potato that still grows across southwestern North America today, ranging from southern Utah and Colorado into northern Mexico.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2026

They look for hardy alder trees, which indicate an area that had been dug up for mining years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

“All right, so, B. cepacia is a hardy bacterium. It’s so adaptive that it actually feeds on penicillin instead of being attacked by it. So our first line of defense is...”

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott