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This simulation is narrated by Ed Boyden.
Watch light-sensitive algae and light-sensitive neurons get turned on by light.
Credit: Ed Boyden and MIT McGovern Institute
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Watch light-sensitive algae and light-sensitive neurons get turned on by light.
Credit: Ed Boyden and MIT McGovern Institute