Glow for it! How do creatures make light?
Brains On! Science podcast for kids
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Pauli's Bioluminescence Facts to Light Up Your Life
Polyponyac back again with Pauli's bioluminescence facts to light up your life. Did you know that Japanese soldiers in World War II used crustaceans called ostracods, also known as sea fireflies, for light? Yeah, ostracods look like big sesame seeds. And when you mash them up into a paste and mix them with water, they glow. Even today, almost 80 years later, if you crush up dried ostracods from WWII, they still make lights.
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