Over the last few weeks in the San Diego area (and I'm guessing several locations within a few tens of miles from there, too), a strange thing has been happening – at night, the tide is glowing. The rolling waves of water are emanating a crazy dim glow, almost as if it's dreaming – whenever [...]
Read More bioluminescence, dinoflagellates, Lingulodinium Polyedrum, red tideBio-luminescence in sea creatures is a phenomena that I have been interested in for some time – Mother Nature is an amazingly psychopathic mommy figure full of very interesting adaptations of human and animal behavior. Things like bio-luminescence, Circadian Rhythm, and the body's generation of Melatonin are all things that fall under this category. Mother Nature, you [...]
Read More bioluminescence, David Gallo, oceans, TED, TED Talks, underwaterCan you imagine a salad full of these? It would be the trippiest salad you have ever seen: What you see here is a Mycena lux-coeli mushroom, which grows in Japan during the rainy season on fallen Chinquapin trees. This species is exhibiting a quality called bioluminescence, which stems from a reactive protein or pigment [...]
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