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his explanabon. His conclusions seemed to make less suspect the long- | his explanabon. His conclusions seemed to make less suspect the long- | ||
mocked practices of generations of gardeners who claimed that their | mocked practices of generations of gardeners who claimed that their | ||
- | crops should be planted according to the **phases of the moon**. | + | **crops** should be **planted according to the phases of the moon**. |
---The experimenters placed identical tissue cultures in two hermetically | ---The experimenters placed identical tissue cultures in two hermetically | ||
sealed vessels separated by a wall of glass, then introduced a lethal virus | sealed vessels separated by a wall of glass, then introduced a lethal virus | ||
in one of the chambers which killed the colony of cells inside it. The | in one of the chambers which killed the colony of cells inside it. The | ||
- | second colony remained wholly unaffected. However, when they re- | + | second colony remained wholly unaffected. However, when they replaced |
- | placed | + | |
killing viruses to one of the colonies, the Soviet scientists were astonished to see that the second colony also met the same fate as the first, | killing viruses to one of the colonies, the Soviet scientists were astonished to see that the second colony also met the same fate as the first, | ||
even though the viruses could not possibly have penetrated the barrier. | even though the viruses could not possibly have penetrated the barrier. |