‘When you kill it, it doesn’t die’: the jellyfish that has cracked the secret of immortality
Turritopsis dohrnii has the ability to turn back into a baby jellyfish and grow up all over againRevealed: the top ten invertebrates of the yearImmortality is generally considered the realm of the gods or science fiction, a fantasy that’s actively pursued by tech entrepreneurs in macabre experiments that include injecting “young blood”, cryopreservation, or resurrection in an AI afterlife.But one ethereal, thimble-shaped jellyfish has already cracked the code.It’s Invertebrate of the Year again! From 3-12 August, every day we will…
Source: www.theguardian.com