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Forget the Goggles: Chlorophyll Eye Drops Give Night Vision
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| September 4, 2009
| Melinda Wenner
Posted on 09/07/2009 5:00:20 AM PDT by decimon
Seeing in the dark could soon be as easy as popping a pill or squeezing some drops into your eyes, thanks to some new science, an unusual deep-sea fish, and a plant pigment.
In the 1990s, marine biologist Ron Douglas of City University London discovered that, unlike other deep-sea fish, the dragonfish Malacosteus niger can perceive red light. Douglas was surprised when he isolated the chemical responsible for absorbing red: It was chlorophyll. That was weird, he says. The fish had somehow co-opted chlorophyll, most likely from bacteria in their food, and turned it into a vision enhancer.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Military/Veterans; Science
KEYWORDS: bobseger; godsgravesglyphs; nightmoves
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To: decimon
Wait a sec... I’ve been using the fish oil for enemas... am I doing that wrong?
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09/07/2009 9:57:17 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Daffynition
To: Daffynition
Looks like the results of cataract surgery under ObamaCare...
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09/07/2009 10:04:48 AM PDT
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COBOL2Java
(Big government more or less guarantees rule by creeps and misfits.)
To: SunkenCiv
Wait a sec... Ive been using the fish oil for enemas... am I doing that wrong?If the oil is still in the fish.
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09/07/2009 10:05:26 AM PDT
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decimon
To: decimon; All
WWII British pilots used Bilberry jam to enhance their night vision.
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posted on
09/07/2009 10:09:54 AM PDT
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PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
Women do that around me all the time, at least the sober ones.
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09/07/2009 10:15:10 AM PDT
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PLMerite
(Speak Truth to Stupid.)
To: decimon
I gills I’d better stop then.
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09/07/2009 10:23:38 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: decimon
In the 1990s, marine biologist Ron Douglas of City University London discovered that, unlike other deep-sea fish, the dragonfish Malacosteus niger can perceive red light. Douglas was surprised when he isolated the chemical responsible for absorbing red: It was chlorophyll. That was weird, he says. The fish had somehow co-opted chlorophyll, most likely from bacteria in their food, and turned it into a vision enhancer.
I'm already seeing red from all of Obama's green crap.
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09/07/2009 10:33:58 AM PDT
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aruanan
To: Mmogamer
LOL. I must admit, I had to look up to see what Warhammer 40k was. Not sure what I’m going to do with this new-found info, but Thanks. ;-D
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09/07/2009 5:23:10 PM PDT
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Daffynition
(A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.)
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