The iPhone was also a solid runner-up with this test -- it didn't perform as well in even dimmer light, as we experienced when capturing images from a dark rooftop late at night, but it did yield decent shots in the lab.

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"Cholesterol is still needed to clog the arteries, but TMAO changes how cholesterol is metabolized like the dimmer on a light switch, " he said.

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Adjusting the light is also quite nice, with a dimmer switch that runs up and down and a whole lot of brightness levels.

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But it also carries a coronagraph to block the light from bright objects so it can see more easily nearby, dimmer targets - such as planets circling their stars.

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The dimmer has a unique multi-touch capacitive interface that allows the light to be turned on or off by sliding a finger up or down on the glass switch front.

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