Molly Webster (host)

In the 1920s, he did a series of experiments on onion roots to understand how they grow.

And I'm gonna be real with you, the original papers in Russian, it was kind of a crazily complicated experimental setup.

But basically in the process of doing these experiments,

He made a discovery that seemed to suggest that the onion cells inside the roots were making and releasing their own light.

So not only am I emitting light or cells are emitting light, they could be emitting light of different color.

Correct.

Wait a second.

So when my friends try and like drag me down to get my aura red, is that this?

Okay, so if I'm a cell and I'm giving off light and maybe we have to pick a specific cell, I don't know.

How does that actually work?

So you probably know this.

One of the structures inside the cell is the mitochondria.

It looks like a microscopic kidney bean with tiny little folds inside of it.

And it is often called the powerhouse of the cell.

Hey, internet.

It creates all of the energy that makes us run.

So that's neurons firing, muscles contracting, bodies working.

It all comes from the mitochondria.

And the way that works is molecules will pass electrons back and forth to each other all along the inner folds.

And that process of passing releases energy.