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  • Is It Possible To Engineer A Truly Blue Flower? 

    Is It Possible To Engineer A Truly Blue Flower? 

    Genetically engineered ‘blue’ chrysanthemums. Credit: Science Advances In nature, blue is much rarer than you might think. Sure, the sky is blue when the weather’s nice, and so is the ocean. But the vast majority of plants and animals are incapable of making blue pigment. Brilliantly-coloured peacocks appear blue not because their feathers are coloured…