Word: clock
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...participants, the day starts at 4:30 a.m. After calisthenics and breakfast, drill instructors inspect lockers while inmates stand rigidly at attention. By 8 o'clock, it is time for military maneuvers, conducted to the cadence of the drill instructor. Sloppy performance is punishable by an on- the-spot demand for push-ups. Most recruits are quick to comply, since they are being graded on physical training, response to authority and motivation. Low marks can result in an extension of time in the program...
...next step to an easier, happier life for the yuppie jet-setter, lay a deeper discovery--that the media tends to leap without looking. What the news failed to discuss amidst all their accolades were the conditions in which this amazing cure was found. One elderly woman whose biological clock differs from those of most people...
...incredibly generous woman who allowed herself to be used as a human guinea pig for 114 days--so far, this cure has been proven to work only on an abnormal sample. The researchers explained that the reason they chose this hapless woman was that her unique biological clock made her body experience what is the middle of the night for most people in the early evening. This way, they could conduct their research in the afternoon rather than in the middle of the night...
Bright light in measured doses can reset the body's biological clock, promising possible relief for jet lag, sleeping disorders or night-to-day shift changes, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital said yesterday...
Although only one subject was involved in this study, the project did provide new evidence of what affects a person's circadian pacemaker, the part of the brain that sets the biological clock, coordinating hormone and chemical changes with the external environment, according to Charles A. Czeisler, the study's primary investigator and an assistant professor of biology...