Also with our vast knowledge of applied biology, why we haven’t still made an lab grown biological light source?
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It’s called bioluminescence – quite a few animals do it, though most of them live in the ocean.
Different bioluminesent animals produce the effect in different ways.
For fireflies, it’s a chemical reaction the animal can trigger at will. In the firefly’s case, it’s by mixing two chemicals in its body – similar to how a glowstick works.
Fireflies glow by performing a chemical reaction, where one molecule breaks apart and results in a bit of extra energy that is released as light.
We have made many lab-grown bioluminescent sources. We’ve even made glowing cats. They are, unsurprisingly, very inefficient light sources.
Where are fireflies? How do I find one?
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