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Are Jellyfish Immortal?

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A species of jelly, Turritopsis dohrnii, is able to cheat death, curling into a ball (signaling the end for most species), only to grow from its own shriveled remains…

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A Tale of Germanic Chieftains and Deep-Sea Corals

Dr. M April 1, 2011 age Arminius Augustus Battle of the Teutoburg Forest black coral Coral Germanic growth rate Leiopathes lifespan nuclear bomb testing Radiation radiocarbon dating Romans tree rings Varsus

The year is 9CE. Fourteen years later Pliny the Elder will be Pliny the Newly Born. Cai Lun will invent paper one hundred years later.…

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