SMBriney

They’re among the Earth’s simplest creatures, composed of 95 percent water, with no spines, brains or hearts, but jellyfish still manage to capture our attention. Older than the dinosaurs, members of this group have been around for 500 million years. If you need to really see them, take a look here—from a safe distance.

Everything’s bigger in Texas, where even 3D printers take on cosmic proportions. The Lone Star State will soon be the site of the world’s first 3D-printed hotel, El Cosmico, which has just begun construction in the desert north of Marfa.

A team of student archaeologists volunteering in the French town of Eu has made a remarkable discovery: a 200-year-old message, rolled up in a bottle and tied with string, written by an archaeologist who once worked in the area.

New research suggests the sarcophagus’ occupant, previously known only as “the horseman,” is Joachim du Bellay, a French Renaissance poet who died in 1560.