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>Bad journalism. That seems harsh. Couldn't it just be a fun general discussion of how light in nature among animals is observed?
by dghughes 3y ago
>Bad journalism.
That seems harsh. Couldn't it just be a fun general discussion of how light in nature among animals is observed?
- etrautmann 3y agoNo - a TON of things naturally fluoresce when excited by external photons. The size range of proteins is great for that. Proteins that produce light through phosphorescence are a completely different thing and shouldn’t be hand waved into the same category. Some exception could be made for molecules like gfp, etc.
- zdragnar 3y agoEver watch CSI? Lots of organic fluid will fluoresce under a strong UV / blacklight. Very, very different than bioluminescence. It is mildly interesting, but the comparison is really misleading.