Oh science, what can’t you do? If we can make a cat glow in the dark, I guarantee we can land colonize Mars and time travel. The 6-month old tabby was the subject of a genetic experiment that was conducted in order to “see whether a gene could be introduced harmlessly into the feline’s genetic sequence to create what is formally known as a transgenic cat.” Well, check that off as "mission accomplished."

Proclaimed as the first fluorescent cat in the United States (no, really?), Mr. Green Genes (yes, that is his name) glows under a blacklight. His ears, nose, eyes and gums all glow green making him both intensely creepy, but less likely to trip you up when you walk to the bathroom at night. In reality, the experiment is not meant to engineer animals (or humans) with superpowers, instead it’s supposed to help spot cystic-fibrosis:

The Audubon scientists want to use their technique to develop a gene-therapy treatment for cystic fibrosis, an incurable hereditary disease for which, Gomez said, there are no gene-therapy models.

The fluorescence gene will go alongside the cystic-fibrosis gene and make it easy to spot. The long-term goal of this process, for which there is no timetable, is the production of what Gomez calls a “knockout gene.”

So not only is glow-in-the-dark cat awesome, he could be a life saver. But he’s mostly just awesome.

What do you think the next power is they should give to cats?