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Chinese Scientists Made Glowing Plants with Firefly DNA to Replace Streetlights
(www.zmescience.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2026
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No. They didn't. Those images are super over exposed. These plants only just barely glow and are nowhere even remotely close to being bright enough to provide any sort of meaningful light.