You’re sleeping much longer than your ancestors. But here’s why you’re still right to complain
Modern life is giving us more sleep but it's breaking our internal clocks.
Tag: circadian rhythm
Neanderthal DNA might explain why you like to wake up early in the morning
Study finds genetic variants carried by ancient humans are shared by people who like to get up early
If you don’t align your sleeping patterns to your body clock, you risk depression, lower wellbeing
It's easier for morning people to pull off.
Turns out, some plants are also night owls
Plans are just like us... well, in a way at least.
Scientists identify genes that might make you a morning person (or night owl)
New insights into the internal body clock that governs our sleep-wake patterns.
Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded for circadian rhythm research
Well, this was unexpected for everybody.
Delaying meals can alter the body clock and solve some of that jet lag
Delaying breakfast for a couple of hours can help synchronize the body's biological clocks.
Have dinner earlier if you’re trying to lose weight, study says
Minding when you eat might be just as important as what, when you're trying to slim down.
Kids everywhere, rejoyce – science says you should get those “5 more minutes, mom!”
A recent study performed by researchers working at the University of Oxford, Harvard Medical School and the University of Nevada ...
There’s a reset trigger for your biological clock – bye, bye jet lag, insomnia and exhaustion
While humans have invented a convention called time keeping to make society work, our bodies themselves also have a sort ...
A Week of Camping can Reset your Body Clock and Help you Sleep
Just one week of camping in the wild (or in any area without man-made light) can reset your body clock ...
Early morning not the best time to drink coffee
Photo by Moyan Brenn In the US alone there are an estimated 100 million daily coffee drinkers, each contributing to ...
How a rooster knows to crow at dawn
Way back before clocks were a thing, people had another natural way of waking up: the rooster's crow. Now, a ...
NASA to test sleep-aid coloured light bulbs
Space flight insomnia is quite a common issue, one for which space agencies don't have a definite answer yet - ...
