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Steph Yin

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The helmet jellyfish (Periphylla periphylla) uses bioluminescence for defense.

In the Deep, Clues to How Life Makes Light

By Steph Yin
December 1, 2016
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Bioluminescent organisms have evolved dozens of times over the course of life’s history. Recent studies are narrowing in on the complicated biochemistry needed to illuminate the dark.

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Steph Yin is a freelance science journalist and contributor to The New York Times. Her work has also appeared in Popular Science, VICE, Scientific American and other publications.

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