Asher Elbein

Contributing Writer

Latest Articles

How Does Life Happen When There’s Barely Any Light?

January 29, 2025

Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night, cells power photosynthesis on the lowest light levels ever observed in nature.

Plants Find Light Using Gaps Between Their Cells

January 31, 2024

A mutant seedling revealed how plant tissues scatter incoming light, allowing plants to sense its direction and move toward it.