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Jellyfish are an enigma. They have no centralized brain, but they see and feel and react to their environment in complex ways. They look simple, yet their propulsion systems are so advanced that engineers are just learning how to mimic them. They produce some of t he deadliest toxins on the planet and still remain undeniably alluring. Long ignored by science, they may be a key to ecosystem stab ility.Juli Berwalds journey into the world of jellyfish is a personal one. More than a decade ago, she left the sea and her scienti fic career...[Read more]