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Friday, November 26, 2010

How trees that glow like fireflies could one day replace our streetlights

A team of researchers are experimenting with genes to allow the trait that causes fireflies to glow -bioluminescence - to be implanted into a variety of different organisms.

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  1. Perhaps we should begin by trying to place brains in the heads of politicians before we worry about luminescent trees. Just sayin'.

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