Why Orbit-Born Jellyfish Lose Down
The bargain is stark: under orbital weightlessness, jellyfish can assemble a body that looks complete, yet its weakness appears the moment gravity returns. The split is stark. Reports from orbital experiments showed that the animals grew and pulsed in weightlessness, then struggled to orient in a terrestrial aquarium. They still pulse. They cannot read down.The failure is most revealing in the rho...More
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