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Bright idea creates '25-hour day'

Posted May 16, 2007 3:15 PM

From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition:

Our natural daily 24-hour cycle could be stretched by an extra hour safely and simply by exposure to pulses of bright light, research suggests. Experts say it could prove useful for astronauts adapting for long-term missions to Mars - where a day lasts an extra 40 minutes. The team, from universities in the US and France, tested the light treatment successfully on 12 volunteers. The study features in the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences. Many species, including humans, have natural 'circadian rhythms' set to match the standard length day on Earth.

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05/17/2007 1:55 AM

I must be either a mutant or an alien. I have always gravitated toward a 30 hour day. My dad always told me he found me under a flat rock. Sometimes I wonder...

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05/17/2007 7:54 AM

Hey, it could be worse. What if your father had found you under a round rock?
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05/17/2007 8:37 AM

My natural day tends to be around 28 hours, What type of rock was it?

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05/17/2007 10:22 AM

"I have always gravitated toward a 30 hour day. "

Slowing down the rotational speed of the earth?

Bed rock for me!

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05/17/2007 10:54 AM

As long as it's not Coprolite!

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05/18/2007 3:41 AM

Wiki is more fun to check this all. Read this , and you'll see why we may be hard-wired for nightime ******g. The DNA is driving us

Doesn't really explain a lot of insects though - they get one day to the business and that's it. Some of the unfortunates have to wait years for even that 1 day of fun. I'm going to find a nice rock to play under. Maybe this all explains why teens like to hide away in dark bedrooms.
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05/18/2007 3:43 AM

I hate being anon - that was me not signed in. No wonder I have no friends.

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05/18/2007 4:42 AM

I've solved that, I just don't sign out.

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I tried that and they still hate me !

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