Friday, December 14, 2007

What Will Glow Next?

This evening, I was updating myself on the national news that didn't relate to sports. Listening to sports talk radio in the car negates my need to update myself on the top sports stories of the day, so I was already sick of hearing about the new baseball steroids report.

UsaToday almost always has something worth reading. Tonight's story of choice was about glow in the dark cats. It seems that in South Korea, they have effectively given cats some pills that make them glow in the dark. They assume that this is going to help them discover and track diseases and that there is a scientific purpose for being able to do this. I don't know if I agree.

I just found it interesting to read. Glow in the dark cats. What will glow next? I think I would like a pair of glow in the dark socks. I feel like I might trip on less things, or at least stub my toes less if I could wear glow in the dark socks or slippers.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

You do realize that the cats don't glow at all times - they have to be exposed to ultraviolet beams. Unless you have UV light sources around, it won't help keep your toes safe from harm with the altered fluorescent protein genes technology that was utilized.

 

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