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Have you seen this picture? Apparently it's been floating around on the internet for a while now, but has experienced something of a comeback as of late, usually with some version of the following caption: More »
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It looks like we're one step closer to having laser vision (or at least, laser-based diagnostic and therapeutic techniques). Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have genetically engineered the world's first "living laser." That's right - a living cell can shoot laser light. More »
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Generally speaking, poop isn't pleasant, but it also isn't exactly lethal. But every year jellyfish unleash bowel movements so deadly that they can destroy entire marine ecosystems. A little odor doesn't seem so bad all of a sudden, does it? More »
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It's wrong to lump all the ocean's jelly-like creatures into one category "jellyfish." So this video from the wonderful The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute breaks down all the glorious varieties of these magical sea beasts. More »
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In Palau's Jellyfish Lake, millions of golden jellyfish bob placidly under the surface. Sarosh Jacob took a camera to the lake and filmed his experience paddling through a Cnidarian miasma. More »
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Box jellyfish aren't content just to be brainless, squishy, stinging bastards. It turns out they have bewilderingly interesting vision systems, too. They have 24 eyes of four different types — including a set entirely used for peering into the sky. More »
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Baltimore's inner harbor has been taken over by milky-white creatures with long, trailing tentacles. The jellyfish swarmed into the harbor last week, and were last seen heading downtown. More »
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Giant jellyfish and cephalopods are fearsome enough on their own, but wait until they get their tentacles on man-made weapons. Keith Noordzy's Man-Made Disaster series pairs natural monsters with technological menaces. More »
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Earlier this summer, we warned you about the Echizen jellyfish — creatures that can weigh hundreds of pounds. But a group of high schoolers have found a use for sea monsters: turn them into candy and feed them to astronauts. More »
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Just when you thought it was safe. Overfishing and human activities have led to jellyfish growth all over the world. And not just in population; this jellyfish, found off of the coast of Japan, is almost 5 feet across. More »
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They are gelatinous, pulsating, tentacled, and sometimes deadly. And they seem to be appearing in ever-increasing swarms across the oceans of the world. More »
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Last year, roaming mega-packs of jellyfish wiped out an entire Irish salmon farm stocked with 100,000 fish and forced the closures of several beaches in the U.K. In some areas, jellyfish have become so populous that they've taken over: 90 percent of the Black Sea's fauna are jellyfish (pictured). Of course climate change and overfishing are the cause. Warmer waters plus the elimination of the jellyfish's natural predators allow the delicate, stinging creatures to reproduce in unprecedented numbers. At least the Welsh and Irish are doing something about it. More »
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