"Is sunshine good for you?" is the latest Ask a ScienceBlogger question and Nick Anthis did a great job answering it - focusing on the circadian aspects of the need for sunlight - in his response here. Excellent and quite correct, if I may say so, (and I had trouble commenting on his blog, so I'll put it here) except perhaps the details of the Viagra paper.
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For this round of Ask a ScienceBlogger, the question is "Is sunshine good for you?"
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Thanks, and I'll look into those commenting problems....