Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2001 - Part Five

In what reads like a story from a 1950s science fiction magazine, a team of University of Florida scientists has genetically modified a tiny plant to send reports back from Mars in a most unworldly way: by emitting an eerie, fluorescent glow.

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published May 7, 2001

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