By SHUNSUKE KIMURA/ Staff Writer
January 18, 2021 at 15:55 JST
A “re-created” light, right, emitted by fireflies about 100 million years ago is darker than the one, left, emitted by the modern genji-botaru species. (Provided by Chubu University professor Yuichi Oba)
Researchers have shed new light on the color of the glow that fireflies gave off about 100 million years ago by re-creating the luminescent enzyme from one the species possess today. [Read More]
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A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
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