Out of the Cave: French Isolation Study Ends After 40 Days
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:
Out of the cave: French isolation study ends after 40 days:
Ever wonder what it would feel like to unplug from a hyperconnected world and hide away in a dark cave for 40 days?
[...] For 40 days and 40 nights, the group lived in and explored the cave as part of the Deep Time project. There was no sunlight inside, the temperature was 10 degrees Celsius (50 F) and the relative humidity stood at 100%. The cave dwellers had no contact with the outside world, no updates on the pandemic nor any communications with friends or family.
Scientists at the Human Adaption Institute leading the 1.2 million-euro $1.5 million) Deep Time" project say the experiment will help them better understand how people adapt to drastic changes in living conditions and environments.
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