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Jet lagged sunflowers News

by David Shaw, 22 November 2016 | 0 comments

A sunflower, in a field of sunflowers.

If you’ve ever flown overseas, you might have experienced jetlag. For example, daytime in London is night in Sydney, so your body can get very confused on a journey between the two. But jetlag isn’t just a human phenomenon, or even just an animal phenomenon. Turns out sunflowers can get jet lag too!

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The blind cavefish lost its clock News

by Mike, 3 October 2014 | 0 comments

Mexican cavefish

Getting out of bed some days feels like too much effort. If only night lasted all day, just like it does for the blind Mexican cavefish. Like the fish, you just might save some energy by living in an endless night.

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