Jellyfish: Ancient Brains Made of Loose Nerves
A translucent dome pulsing in dark water is running a living experiment in minimal intelligence. Jellyfish appeared long before dinosaurs, yet they navigate, hunt and reproduce without a central nervous system. Instead of a brain, their bodies host a diffuse nerve net that wraps through the bell and tentacles like wiring in a transparent umbrella.This nerve net is a decentralized control system bu...More
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