Category: Jellyfish

  • Link About It: This Week’s Picks

    Link About It: This Week’s Picks

    [ad_1] Fossilized worm brains, cranberry packaging, the wet history of Mars and more inspiration from nature World’s Oldest Fossilized Brain Discovered A 525-million-year-old fossil of an extinct worm-like animal known as the Cardiodictyon catenulum was first discovered in China in 1984, but only recently have scientists found that the barely half-an-inch animal has a brain. […]

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  • Jellyfish Relative Could Improve the Design of Swimming Robots – COOL HUNTING®

    Jellyfish Relative Could Improve the Design of Swimming Robots – COOL HUNTING®

    [ad_1] The Nanomia bijug is a gelatinous marine animal related to jellyfish that uses a dozen or more independent jets to swim. This design enables two swimming styles: one that syncs all of the jets up for increased speed and another that powers jets individually to save energy. The dual-swimming capabilities—which are exclusive to the Nanomia‘s […]

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