Bacteria can tell the time

https://phys.org ^ | January 8, 2021 | by John Innes Centre

[dfwgator]

Does anybody really care?

[Flick Lives]

They need to know when happy hour is.

[Red Badger]

If so, I can’t imagine why......................

[Sirius Lee]

Yeah, but they can’t judge distance. Ever see one try toss a free throw?

[dfwgator]

It’s always 5 O’Clock somewhere.

[Bob434]

Yes, but can they chew gum and whistle Dixie at the same time? That is the important question.

Seriously though, Cool article

[faithhopecharity]

which is more than many D congress-critters can do

[Red Badger]

Sometimes they have a party in my gut in the middle of the night.................

[doorgunner69]

Bacteria may, but millennials need a digital clock to do that.

[Red Badger]

You ain’t kidding!

My son-in-law’s niece, 18 years old, cannot tell time on an analog clock!.........................

[V V Camp Enari 67-68]

No

[SkyDancer]

So bacteria is is a cognizant entity?

[nickcarraway]

That’s why they have tiny little watches.

[nickcarraway]

I can’t remember if I learned that in school, my parents taught me, or I just picked it up.

But I’m pretty sure that I knew by first grade. Because every classroom had an analog clock on the wall, and you were always interested in knowing when school got out at 3:00 p.m.

[cgbg]

My son-in-law’s niece, 18 years old, cannot tell time on an analog clock!

Interesting...gonna test the youngsters that I know and see how they do...

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Of course they can. They know precisely since I had my last cold, that I’m overdue for one, and then they amass for the attack.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The old analog school clocks that twitched every minute taught me how time works. They slowed WAY down when the teacher was droning on, sped way up during recess and lunch, and almost slowed to a stop the hour before school was over. Time stopped entirely when Karen sent a brief glance my way, too.

I learned time was very elastic.

[nickcarraway]

That is so true.

And do you remember, on the last day before summer vacation. When it got to be about 2:30 the clock seemed to go so slow. Sometimes it even seem to be going backwards.

[a fool in paradise]

how do they celebrate New Year?