Move over, boring streetlights — China just turned gardening into a sci-fi rave. Scientists have genetically engineered over twenty species of plants (yes, even sunflowers and orchids) to glow in the dark by stuffing them with firefly and glowing fungi genes. Soon your local park might look less like a municipal budget cut and more like the glowing forests of Pandora. Just don’t be surprised when tourists start showing up with glow sticks and calling it “nature’s nightclub.”
Chinese Scientists Bioengineering Plants With Firefly Genes to Glow, in Effort to Light Cities at Night
