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Chinese Scientists Made Glowing Plants with Firefly DNA to Replace Streetlights
(www.zmescience.com)
this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2026
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yeah this is definitely a case of "let's do this because it's fun and try to think of a legitimate use for it later".
also you can get glowing petunias now from https://light.bio/.
seems predatory
They developed the product and deserve to make some money from it.
Also they are purely decorative plants, it’s not like people need these things for food or any other reason. Hard to call that “predatory”.
I dunno, a few more steps down that slippery slope and then you've got Triffids. That's pretty predatory.