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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 the glass divider with a sheet of quartz glass and again introduced 
-placed the glass divider with a sheet of quartz glass and again introduced +
 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. 
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 Since **ordinary glass does not permit ultraviolet rays to pass but quartz  Since **ordinary glass does not permit ultraviolet rays to pass but quartz 
 glass does**, it seemed to the Soviet scientists that here was a key to the  glass does**, it seemed to the Soviet scientists that here was a key to the 
-mystery. They recalled that Gurwitsch had theorized that onion cells  +mystery. They recalled that **Gurwitsch had theorized that onion cells  
-could emit ultraviolet rays, and they resurrected his ideas from the limbo +could emit ultraviolet rays**, and they resurrected his ideas from the limbo 
 to which they had been consigned in the 1930s. Working with an  to which they had been consigned in the 1930s. Working with an 
-electronic eye amplified by a photomultiplier and registered by a self-  +electronic eye amplified by a photomultiplier and registered by a selfrecorder which traced a graph marking the energy levels on a moving 
-recorder which traced a graph marking the energy levels on a moving +
 tape, they found that when life processes in the tissue cultures remained  tape, they found that when life processes in the tissue cultures remained 
-nonnal, the ultraviolet glow, invisible to the human eye but detectable +//normal//, the ultraviolet glow, invisible to the human eye but detectable 
 as oscillations on the tape, remained stable. As soon as the affected  as oscillations on the tape, remained stable. As soon as the affected 
 colony began to battle against its infection, the radiation intensified.  colony began to battle against its infection, the radiation intensified. 
 Reports on this work in Moscow newspapers disclosed that, however  Reports on this work in Moscow newspapers disclosed that, however 
 fantastic it might seem, the ultraviolet radiation from the affiicted cells  fantastic it might seem, the ultraviolet radiation from the affiicted cells 
-carried in/onnation encoded in the fluctuation in intensity which was +//carried information// encoded in the fluctuation in intensity which was 
 somehow received by the second colony, just as words are transmitted  somehow received by the second colony, just as words are transmitted 
 and received in dots and dashes in the Morse code.  and received in dots and dashes in the Morse code. 
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