The Dark Side of Light | The Scientist Magazine® - 0 views
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Lottie Peppers on 09 Jun 15Exposing mice to long periods of light each day led them to put on fat, likely because their energy-burning brown fat wasn't in good shape. Mice exposed to long periods of light didn't eat more or exercise less than mice that kept to a 12-hour day, but their brown fat activity dropped, researchers reported in PNAS this week (May 11).