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Hey Short Wavers, Emily Kwong here. And Regina Barber. With our bi-weekly science news roundup featuring the hosts of All Things Considered. Today we have Ari Shapiro.

Hey Short Wavers, Emily Kwong here. And Regina Barber. With our bi-weekly science news roundup featuring the hosts of All Things Considered. Today we have Ari Shapiro.

Hey Short Wavers, Emily Kwong here. And Regina Barber. With our bi-weekly science news roundup featuring the hosts of All Things Considered. Today we have Ari Shapiro.

Welcome back.

Welcome back.

Welcome back.

So it has been an exciting week in science news. First, we're going to tell you about a newly identified deep sea creature. And then the benefits of exercise for healing our nervous system.

So it has been an exciting week in science news. First, we're going to tell you about a newly identified deep sea creature. And then the benefits of exercise for healing our nervous system.

So it has been an exciting week in science news. First, we're going to tell you about a newly identified deep sea creature. And then the benefits of exercise for healing our nervous system.

So much stuff you don't want to know. No, we're going to talk about this mysterious creature. Yeah, discovered in 2000 and now for the first time described in detail in the journal Deep Sea Research Part 1 by scientists at MBARI. That's the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California.

So much stuff you don't want to know. No, we're going to talk about this mysterious creature. Yeah, discovered in 2000 and now for the first time described in detail in the journal Deep Sea Research Part 1 by scientists at MBARI. That's the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California.

So much stuff you don't want to know. No, we're going to talk about this mysterious creature. Yeah, discovered in 2000 and now for the first time described in detail in the journal Deep Sea Research Part 1 by scientists at MBARI. That's the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California.

Agreed. Yes, and they call this creature off their shores Bathodevious cadactylus.

Agreed. Yes, and they call this creature off their shores Bathodevious cadactylus.

Agreed. Yes, and they call this creature off their shores Bathodevious cadactylus.

We're going to get into that because for a long time they called it the mystery mollusk.

We're going to get into that because for a long time they called it the mystery mollusk.

We're going to get into that because for a long time they called it the mystery mollusk.

Picture a jellyfish crossed with a slug, adorned with this cape-like hood. And the whole thing is transparent, so you can see right through it. And it can glow in the dark, this creature, because it's bioluminescent.

Picture a jellyfish crossed with a slug, adorned with this cape-like hood. And the whole thing is transparent, so you can see right through it. And it can glow in the dark, this creature, because it's bioluminescent.