Scientists Find the Tiny 24-Hour Clock in Every Living Thing

Gerald · 01-30-11, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Any chance they can slow it down a bit. Always seems like the days are going past faster and faster these days...

Maybe because you are about to get married soon,

Oberon · 01-30-11, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

Maybe because you are about to get married soon,

Touché, touché

Growler · 01-30-11, 03:56 PM

Interesting. I wonder what their take on this is?

Takeda Shingen · 01-30-11, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Growler

Interesting. I wonder what their take on this is?

Huh. That's pretty interesting too. The only thing that I can think of is that the study was published back in 2000, so things may have changed since that time. Still, that's a cool link.

Growler · 01-30-11, 10:53 PM

The link is based on a study I heard about a few years ago, in which a person confined to a cave and absent a clock was left to their own devices for a month or maybe longer. They had anything they needed, just no access to sunlight or any chronometer. By the end of the period of study, they were running on approximately a 26 hour "internal" clock. (It's been awhile since I heard the report - several years, so my memory's probably off on several aspects. A quick G-search gave me the link above.)

Anyway, I thought it was cool. The OP and his article made me think of the study.

01-30-11, 10:59 PM

If there is an internal clock embedded into my cells, it is broken.

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Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Interesting. I wonder what their take on this is? __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

01-30-11, 10:53 PM	#5
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	The link is based on a study I heard about a few years ago, in which a person confined to a cave and absent a clock was left to their own devices for a month or maybe longer. They had anything they needed, just no access to sunlight or any chronometer. By the end of the period of study, they were running on approximately a 26 hour "internal" clock. (It's been awhile since I heard the report - several years, so my memory's probably off on several aspects. A quick G-search gave me the link above.) Anyway, I thought it was cool. The OP and his article made me think of the study. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

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Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	If there is an internal clock embedded into my cells, it is broken.