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Psst. It’s daylight savings this weekend. Time to screw up your circadian rhythm again. Why do we do this? If you look at all the countries that participate in daylight savings, as well as those who used to and those who never bothered to, one thing jumps out. It’s mostly us nuts who live towards [...]
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What time should I go to sleep? If we want to maximize our efficiency, and wake up feeling our best, we know that there are some things that sleep science can do to give us a hand. But will a simple bedtime calculator suffice? A Simple Way to Pick a Bedtime? One way to figure [...]
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Stanford won the Orange Bowl last night. Their secret weapon? Sleep. Well, maybe they had some other things… like a great coach and a talented team and that sort of thing. But a priority on sleep probably did play a part. The Orange Bowl Victory The first half of the game was tight, but Stanford [...]
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Check this out: We do a lot of talking around here about how important sleep is. We also jabber on about how we don’t get enough sleep. We may even mention that if we all just slept a little more, we’d be better people. We’d be superstars. We’d be awesome. Well, we recently got together [...]
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Let’s face it: celebrities, entertainers, and media personalities seem to live the good life. What with jetting across the globe for work and play, getting paid to do something they like, and non-stop parties, promotional tours, and events, what’s not to be envious about? Actually, their sleep schedules. Turns out all that fun, glamor, and [...]
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FYI: Zombieland was right. Columbus: Did you know that Sleep Deprivation is the number one problem in America? Wichita: I think it might be number two now. Tallahassee: (laughs) Number two… In this (and many other ways), Zombieland hit the nail (or Zombie?) on the head. The good news is that the world is finally [...]
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The recent revelation that the cause behind the fatal Air India crash this May was pilot error due to sleep inertia has numerous agencies and the Indian government in a tizzy. According to a report analyzing the plane’s black box, the pilot, Zlatko Glusica, was asleep for most of the three hour flight from Dubai, [...]
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Veterans’ Day: a time to reflect on the sacrifices that millions of service-men and -women have made for their friends, relatives, and neighbors. In the sleep world, one of the first things that comes to mind, regrettably, is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Steve@Zeo recently had a chat with Dr Wil Pigeon, Director of the [...]
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Halloween is upon us, with ghosts, goblins, and sleep stealers galore–but don’t let that spoil your fun. Believe it or not, it is possible to have a happy Halloween and still get the sleep you need. Parties: Be fashionably on time Chances are good that you know of a party happening this Halloween weekend, but [...]
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Check this out: This time survey reported from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (which we found at Life Inc), indicates that college students get 8.4 hours of sleep on weekday nights. Sleeping Through College Maybe I missed something, but I don’t remember college being that restful. Between the almost constant stream of social interaction, [...]
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