You Light Up My Leaf

Students at Singapore Polytechnic have genetically modified a plant using a green fluorescent marker gene from jellyfish so it glows when it needs water. They’re now trying to train it to blink twice if it needs to be repotted, three times if it wants more sunlight, and put on an elaborate flashing light show when it wants to hear the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever.

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