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Politicians aren’t the only ones talking about deficit spending. Sleep researchers and health experts have long argued that large segments of the population are sleep bankrupt–and don’t know it. Sure, we make the minimum payments by “sleeping in” on the weekend, but just like our credit card balance, we never manage to fully pay it [...]
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Yesterday, we posted an article on Facebook and Twitter about how jet lag, by throwing off your circadian rhythm, makes your brain slow and dull. In effect, stupid. To anyone who’s flown before, this is something of a no-brainer. Your mind and body drift in and out of a haze–a haze sometimes held at bay [...]
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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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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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This is just a friendly reminder to ‘spring forward’ on Saturday night for Daylight Savings Time. At 2am (Sunday, technically), the clocks change and we’ll all lose an hour of the day…and hopefully not an hour of sleep. Night owls, like myself, should be ready for this one. Two Tough Changes As you may have [...]
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I’m a Zeo engineer who loves to travel, and I recently got a chance to mix the two. Last month, I took Zeo with me on a trip to Taiwan to document my sleeping patterns and prove that I could avoid jetlag [editorial: i.e. Kuji shares some interesting things he tried in order to combat [...]
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