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Re:Daily blue light shortens lifespan, causes brain neurodeg... by philpem on Friday October 18, 2019 @08:37AM (#21290835)
Nice clickbait. Full title of the article:

> Daily blue-light exposure shortens lifespan and causes brain neurodegeneration in Drosophila

Drosophila are fruit flies. File under "interesting, but likely not applicable to mammals".

EDIT: From front page to flagged in 32 minutes. That's impressive.

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Re:Daily blue light shortens lifespan, causes brain neurodeg... by JabavuAdams on Sunday October 20, 2019 @10:20PM (#21308873)
> Drosophila are fruit flies. File under "interesting, but likely not applicable to mammals".

Why assume this, without specific evidence? Drosophila are used as a model organism partly because so many effects transfer. We all run on DNA, and our cells all use protein and RNA machinery.

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