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Two Months Underground Proved Humans Have an Inner Clock
science10 days ago

Two Months Underground Proved Humans Have an Inner Clock

In 1962 Michel Siffre spent two months in a cave with no clocks or daylight, emerging convinced it was still August; the experiment showed the brain can run on an internal circadian clock independent of external cues, a finding later refined to an intrinsic ~24.18-hour cycle and echoed by subsequent long-duration cave studies that informed NASA and military planning.

63 Days in a Dark Cave Reshaped Our Understanding of Biological Clocks
science6 months ago

63 Days in a Dark Cave Reshaped Our Understanding of Biological Clocks

In 1962, Michel Siffre spent 63 days in a French cave with no time cues, revealing that humans have an internal circadian clock that can run free from the 24-hour day. His findings helped launch chronobiology, informed spaceflight and military confinement protocols, and continue to influence modern research on timing in medicine and astronaut missions. The data remain a reference point for agencies like NASA and ESA, even as the concept of biological time alignment guides current experiments and clinical chronotherapy.