It sounds like a fable told by sailors after midnight: a tiny slips out of old age and becomes young again. But the story is real, and scientists have been following its clues to rethink how bodies age and repair themselves. At the center is a creature smaller than a thumbnail that dodges death ...
Imagine a creature so alien, so otherworldly, that it can cheat death. Picture something that glides silently through the ocean, without a brain, without bones, and yet may hold the secret to eternal life. It sounds like the plot of a sci-fi movie, but this is the true story of Turritopsis dohrnii—the so-called “immortal jellyfish.” ...
Imagine standing on a sunlit Portuguese beach, the sea sparkling before you—only to spot a mysterious, shimmering mass moving beneath the waves. It isn’t a lost fishing net or a drifting patch of seaweed. Instead, it’s a gigantic, gelatinous “mega blob” of jellyfish, undulating in unison like a living, translucent fleet. These otherworldly gatherings are ...
Beneath the vast, mysterious ocean lies a creature so enigmatic, it has puzzled scientists and intrigued the curious minds of nature enthusiasts worldwide. The Turritopsis dohrnii, more commonly known as the immortal jellyfish, possesses an extraordinary ability that many can only dream of: the power to cheat death and potentially live forever. This tiny organism, ...
In the mysterious depths of our oceans, where sunlight barely reaches and the unknown lurks at every corner, resides an extraordinary creature: the Turritopsis dohrnii. This jellyfish, often dubbed the “immortal jellyfish,” possesses an astonishing ability that defies the very nature of life and death. Imagine a creature that, instead of succumbing to the passage ...
