I, for one, welcome our glowing microbial overlords...

From weirdnewsfiles.com (who would have guessed?) comes news of a gigantic patch of strange glowy water in the Indian Ocean...

Scientists suspect bioluminescent bacteria are behind the phenomenon. Such creatures produce a continuous glow, in contrast to the brief, bright flashes of light produced by “dinoflagellate” bioluminescent organims that are seen more commonly lighting up ship wakes and breaking waves.