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... light . Light exerts such a profound effect on insects that moths have been flying into candles for centuries for the edification of poets and moralists , insects in a room con- gregate at windows to the dismay of housewives who strive ...
... light . Light exerts such a profound effect on insects that moths have been flying into candles for centuries for the edification of poets and moralists , insects in a room con- gregate at windows to the dismay of housewives who strive ...
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... light still showed a diurnal rhythm . The rhythm , however , bears no relation to day and night . Some flies began to exercise at eight A.M. , some at eight P.M. , some at noon , some at midnight , etc. , etc. But if they were all ...
... light still showed a diurnal rhythm . The rhythm , however , bears no relation to day and night . Some flies began to exercise at eight A.M. , some at eight P.M. , some at noon , some at midnight , etc. , etc. But if they were all ...
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... light with food . When the bell rings or the light glows , the rat presses a lever that releases food . Pinned on the walls of many laboratories engaged in studies of this sort is a famous cartoon in which one rat in a cage is remarking ...
... light with food . When the bell rings or the light glows , the rat presses a lever that releases food . Pinned on the walls of many laboratories engaged in studies of this sort is a famous cartoon in which one rat in a cage is remarking ...
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