A new book explores what makes our internal clocks tick and how we can reset them for the better. Science journalist Lynee Peeples spoke with some 240 scientists, chronobiologists, athletes ...

What Are Circadian Rhythm Disorders? A circadian rhythm is your body’s internal 24-hour clock, and it controls your sleep-wake cycle and other body processes, such as eating and digestion.

But modern insults like artificial light, contrived time zones, and late-night meals can wreak havoc on your internal clocks. Lynne Peeples, science journalist and author of "The Inner Clock ...

Sunrise alarm clocks mimic the gradually brightening light of the sun to ease you out of sleep. Think of it as a biological hack. “We evolved to align our sleep-wake cycles with the sun ...

The Farmer's Almanac points out that the practice even inhibits farmers who work with animals since livestock only know internal clocks based on sunrise and sunset. In reality, the practice of ...

Sundowning is a temporary state of confusion triggered in the late afternoon or evening. Up to 66% of people with dementia may experience sundowning. Sundowning may lead to faster cognitive ...

"Circadian rhythms reflect our body's internal clocks that control the activity and timing of bodily functions, including our sleep-wake cycle," says Flinders University sleep researcher Dr Hannah ...

What date do the clocks go back in October 2024? As UK residents officially get ready to welcome the darker evenings, here's everything you need to know you the hour time change happening this month.

It could also be better for our circadian rhythm, otherwise known as our internal clocks, which can contribute to other health factors like blood pressure, heart rate and cortisol levels ...

This post is a review of The Inner Clock: Living In Sync With Our Circadian Rhythms. By Lynne Peeples. Riverhead Books. 368 pp. $30. In Time, Love, Memory, published in 1999, Jonathan Weiner ...

This is a clear sign that the second annual changing of the clocks can't be very far away. The Autumnal Equinox on September 22 marked the astronomical event where the sun crossed the equator and ...

The twice-annual changing of the clocks will happen on Sunday, Nov. 3 as the clocks "fall back" an hour, a tradition that is observed by most, but not all Americans. The opposite will happen in ...