sleep cycles
09/15/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson
Getting enough sleep is a no brainer; even jellyfish rest to regenerate, study finds
As strange as this may sound, scientists still don’t know why we sleep. Certainly there are medical benefits to rest; cells regenerate and the mind is allowed to process new information, among other things. Yet, from an evolutionary point of view, sleeping makes no sense. For one thing, it makes creatures more vulnerable to predators. […]
05/03/2018 / By Jessica Dolores
Evaluating how human rhythms are affected by light, darkness, and the clock
We’d like to think that we have full control of our habits – when we wake up, sleep, work, and do other things. However, A new University of Seville study has just shown that we’re ruled by where we stand on Earth, and by the light-dark (LD) cycles that govern it. José María Martín Olalla, a […]
03/18/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson
Temperature and light from your environment tells your body when to sleep, finds research on fruit flies
A new study that was conducted in the University of Michigan and which was published in the journal Nature showed that fruit flies may teach us a thing or two about our own sleep patterns. The researchers, via observing fruit flies, were able to illustrate how circadian clock neurons engage in thermoreceptor usage to constantly […]
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