Why changing the clocks for daylight saving time runs counter to human nature

Humans are the only species that opts to fight against biological presets, miserably dragging ourselves out of bed at ...

Captivity can screw up pandas’ internal clocks—here's what that means

Living outside their natural Chinese habitat can disturb giant pandas’ internal rhythms, a finding that could lead to better ...

The minimal circuit of the circadian clock: Just four neurons keep fruit flies on schedule, study finds

A tiny neural network is sufficient to control the daily rhythm of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Researchers at the ...
Opinion

An Indigenous approach shows how changing the clocks for daylight saving time runs counter to human nature – and nature itself

While the rest of nature rises and slumbers to lunar and solar cycles, humans work and sleep to the resetting of their artificial clocks.
AlphaGalileo

The Minimal Circuit of the Circadian Clock

A tiny neural network is sufficient to control the daily rhythm of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Researchers at the ...
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Aligning your body clock may protect your heart and metabolism, says AHA

A new American Heart Association scientific statement highlights how maintaining circadian health through regular sleep, light exposure, meal timing, and exercise may reduce cardiometabolic disease ...
Nature

What's so special

There must be something about the human brain that’s different from the brains of other animals — something that enables humans to plan, imagine the future, solve crossword puzzles, tell sarcastic ...