internal clock
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“Light is the way the internal clock knows what time it is.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
During adolescence, the body's internal clock naturally shifts later, meaning teenagers tend to feel alert later at night than adults do.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026
My internal clock wherever I am just knows it’s 4 p.m. and I get a little sad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025
When it is bright, our internal clock feels we should be awake.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2025
Dad had jumbled my internal clock, thanks to our late-night marathon of Doctor Who—my favorite episodes with the brilliant and brave Martha Jones.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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