Some of the deep-sea fish species skin absorbs about 99.95 % of light, hence Ultra black fish. In this news article, we have outlined the mechanism behind the secrets of ultra-black skin.

Researchers made transgenic tobacco plants to produce sustainable, visible light using mushroom genes. The Caffeic acid pathway was altered such that the plant does not depend on luciferin to glow. Read the full story here.

Scientists, for the first time, have found a protein named ‘hemolithin’ in meteorite Acfer 086. Hemolithin consists of iron and lithium attached to poly-glycine chain. Is this an indication of existence of primitive life outside earth?