‘When you kill it, it doesn’t die’: the jellyfish that has cracked the secret of immortality

Turritopsis dohrnii has the ability to turn back into a baby jellyfish and grow up all over again Revealed: the top ten invertebrates of the year Immortality is generally considered the realm of the gods or science fiction, a fantasy that’s actively pursued by tech entrepreneurs in macabre experiments that include injecting “young blood”, cryopreservation, or resurrection in an AI afterlife. But one ethereal, thimble-shaped jellyfish has already cracked the code. It’s Invertebrate of the Year...

By Petra Stock