Living Lights: Bioluminescence And Biofluorescence
Did you know 75 percent of animals in the ocean glow?
From single-celled organisms to terrifying creatures like the anglerfish in the Pixar movie “Finding Nemo,” living things bring light to the darkest depths of our world.
This hour—why do so many creatures create their own light?
We’ll learn the differences between bioluminescence and biofluorescence.
And what happens when you take the glow out of the ocean and into the lab?
We’ll hear how scientists harness certain proteins from sea creatures and fireflies to illuminate everything from sleep to human diseases…
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