Medusa
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When the monster emerges in the water tower, a moss-covered, faucet-dripping, steam-seeping laboratory punctuated by a screaming sculpture of Medusa, he’s as old as he is new.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
Looking at Medusa, the hideous woman with snakes for hair, might turn the viewer to stone, but there’s power in offending the eye—or at least rejecting the pressure to be decorative.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024
Debi Mazar pops in as a good Medusa, with a scarf tied around her snake hair.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024
Several people are believed to be trapped at the site of the Medusa Beach Club, a beachside restaurant on Cartago Street in Palma de Majorca.
From BBC • May 23, 2024
It was silver and bronze, with the monstrous face of Medusa protruding from the center.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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Marine Biology - Middle School
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Marine Biology - High School
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