Picture an Antarctic animal and most people think of penguins, but there is a flightless midge, the only known insect native to Antarctica, that somehow survives the extreme climate. How the Antarctic

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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.