Disruptions to your circadian rhythm (your body’s internal clock) are tied to higher risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease, according to a new scientific ...
Quantum technologies—devices that operate according to quantum mechanical principles—promise to bring users some groundbreaking innovations in whichever context they appear. Ironically, the same ...
A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a surprising source of entropy in quantum timekeeping—the act of measurement itself. In a study published in Physical Review Letters, scientists ...
As the immune system ages, it reacts more slowly to pathogens, vaccines become less effective, and the risk of cancer increases. At the same time, the immune system follows a 24-hour rhythm, as the ...
People who live in the tropical areas where Aedes aegypti mosquitoes reside have probably known for centuries, or even millennia—thanks to their itchy bites—that the mosquitoes hunt most often at dawn ...
The Denver Broncos have an offensive consistency problem. Specifically, their offense has been consistently offensive for long stretches during games, and this trend finally peaked against the Las ...
Sean Payton wants to get Bo Nix to be less hurried in the pocket. Isaiah J. Downing / Imagn Images There’s one sentence you can count on almost every NFL coach uttering in the minutes after the game, ...
Synchronization of our internal clock to the day-night cycle relies on specialized light-sensitive cells in the retina that send information about environmental light conditions to the brain, allowing ...
No, I did not prepare for the end of Daylight Saving Time this past weekend, when most US states set clocks back an hour. Sunrise and sunset now come an hour earlier, despite my protestations. Experts ...
The return to “standard time” is better for our health according to sleep scientists, but the time change can be disruptive, and our bodies must also adjust to more hours of darkness as we head ...
Clocks "fell back" an hour this past weekend as daylight saving time came to an end, giving many the hope of an extra hour of sleep. While the shift may seem small, its impact on the body is often ...
As daylight saving time ends giving us an extra hour of sleep in the morning, our pups might be negatively affected by this sudden change in their routine. On Sunday, November 2, clocks will be ...