biological clock
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Women’s expanded education and opportunity spread that window across three decades, which raises the odds of running out the biological clock while still looking for a suitable mate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
She argues that switching to daylight-saving time ultimately plays havoc with our circadian rhythm — that is, our internal biological clock.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026
She is passionate when Almut and Tobias fight over her biological clock.
From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024
These results imply that the expression rhythms of genes controlled by the biological clock are sensitive to environmental changes, and can be influenced by genetic changes that result from environmental adaptation.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2024
Her biological clock was ticking rapidly toward nest- scraping time.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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