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Soyabeans

Unusual soybean coloration sheds a light on gene silencing. Today's soybeans are typically golden yellow, with a tiny blackish mark where they attach to the pod. In a field of millions of beans, nearly all of them will have this look. Occasionally, however, a bean will turn up half-black, with a saddle pattern similar to a black-eyed pea. New research indicates why. Source 5k.

Soyabeans

Hm, it sounds like they spent a lot of money to figure this out and I have to wonder why. I guess there is something that this research will lead to… but I can't see it and I don't understand why when there are so many other more important things to study.