Sunday Special: Giant Phantom Jelly makes on-camera debut

Welcome back, Superhuman. Some creatures sound so mystical and otherworldly that you have to see them to believe them. The Giant Phantom Jelly, a jellyfish as large as a giant squid with tentacles stretching 30 feet, is probably one of them. First confirmed in 1899, it had eluded scientists for over a century. That changed this week, when researchers finally caught the sea giant waddling about in its natural habitat for the first time.

SCIENCE SUNDAY

The most interesting scientific discoveries and breakthroughs this week

1. Scientists finally capture footage of the Giant Phantom Jelly for the first time: Researchers diving off the coast of Argentina have captured extremely rare footage of the legendary Stygiomedusa gigantea, also known as the Giant Phantom Jelly, first discovered in 1899. Despite its size, the giant squid-sized jellyfish has remained largely unstudied in its natural habitat. Watch the groundbreaking footage here to see the first time the elusive jellyfish has been documented in Patagonian waters.

2. Experimental gene therapy seeks to restore vision by rejuvenating eye neurons: Life Biosciences just received FDA clearance for ER-100, a gene therapy that restores cellular age in damaged eye neurons rather than simply slowing their decline. The treatment tries to reset retinal cells damaged by glaucoma and optic nerve conditions, diseases that currently have no known cure. The therapy attacks biological aging at its root, potentially unlocking treatments for other age-related diseases beyond blindness.

3. Korean researchers unveil a hat that could help prevent hair loss: Scientists have developed a soft, wearable OLED cap that they claim can revolutionize hair loss treatment. The device emits near-infrared light that reportedly suppresses hair follicle aging by 92% in lab tests, significantly outperforming traditional red-light therapy. As concerns grow over side effects from long-term drug treatments, this approach offers a potentially safer alternative. Scientists plan to verify safety and efficacy in preclinical trials.

4. NASA's Perseverance rover completes first AI-planned drive on Mars: Using vision-language models, the rover analyzed terrain data to spot hazards like boulders, sand ripples, and tricky slopes, and then charted its own safe path forward. With communication delays between Earth and Mars stretching up to 22 minutes, and making real-time control difficult, AI could potentially enable space rovers to explore much farther all on their own — essential for future Moon bases and Mars missions.

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NEW TECH

Our favorite new tech gadgets this week

1. reMarkable PaperPro: A digital notebook that feels like paper, so you can take notes, review documents, and maintain a digital workflow without any distractions.

2. Fellow Espresso Series 1: A home espresso machine that packs a triple-heater system for exact temps, and pressure profiling that’ll help you customize your shots.

3. Ozlo Sleepbuds: Next-generation sleepbuds that pack passive noise-blocking ear tips and optimized sounds to improve sleep by masking disruptive noises.

4. Nike x Hyperice Hyperboot: A high-tech recovery shoe that blends dynamic air compression and heat therapy to help you recover as you run.

SOCIAL SIGNALS

What’s trending in tech on socials this week

🎙️ Sounds of Space: Ever wonder what space sounds like? The answer is “nothing”, since space is a vacuum and sound cannot travel through it. However, a resurfaced video by NASA uses 'sonification' to turn deep-space telescope data into haunting audio, giving us a stunning way to experience the cosmos through a completely different sense.

☀️ Catching Sunsets: We’re possibly the first generation of humans to be able to see a photo of a sunset on another world. A stunning picture showing the sun setting over the horizon on Mars is racking up thousands of likes on social media.

🎥 Courtside Couch: The at-home viewing experience of live sports gets better each year. Now, a new technology turns live sports into immersive, free-viewpoint VR videos and promises to change the way we watch sports. See it in action here.

♨️ Heat Hunter: An old video showing a heat-seeking missile tracking a burning cigarette is going viral on Reddit, giving us a sense of how surprisingly accurate the technology is.

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ONLY GOOD NEWS

A healthy dose of optimism to kickstart your week

👀 Second Set of Eyes: A prospective study that included more than 100,000 women claims that AI-assisted screening detected more clinically relevant breast cancers while reducing "interval cancers"— aggressive tumors missed between screening rounds that lead to worse outcomes. The AI flags suspicious regions and provides risk assessments, reducing radiologists’ workload. If true, it could potentially address the chronic shortage of skilled radiologists that prevents women from accessing quality screening.

🎨 True Colors: Scientists have created a new imaging system that produces 3D color scans of the human body without radiation or contrast dyes. The technique combines ultrasound's ability to map tissue structure with photoacoustic imaging's power to reveal blood vessel activity in color, completing each scan in under a minute. This could potentially transform breast cancer detection by flagging tumor location and biological activity, offering new ways to monitor diabetic nerve damage and study brain function.

SUNDAY SCIENCE TRIVIA

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