I love this - good reminder of the value in supporting lots of people to do exploratory science - it’s the random needed to search the parameter space. Also jellies are cool.
Jenn Sunday
🪼 Your tax dollars paid a scientist to squeeze jellyfish through cheesecloth. Osamu Shimomura processed tens of thousands on an NSF grant to understand why they glow. He found a protein that glowed green under UV light. Called it "green protein." Nobody cared. For decades.
