Between work schedules and jet lag, there are a number of things that can throw off your body’s natural light-dark cycle. “Your circadian rhythm is a natural, biologic cycle that sets when your brain ...

YOU HAVE TO SLEEP AT THE RIGHT TIME. MINDY: IT IS VERY HARDWIRED. WE FOUND OUT THAT EVERYTHING SLEEPS AND EVERYTHING HAS A CIRCADIAN RHYTHM TOO. IT’S AN INTERNAL CLOCK. OUR BODIES ARE HARD-WIRED BY ...

For some people, waking up early is a breeze. For others, it’s all about that night owl life. But what happens when you need to significantly shift around your sleep schedule? Is it even possible to ...

For years, I was an inveterate early morning exerciser — the kind of person you'd spot trudging into the gym just after the doors were unlocked or running through the neighborhood when the coffee ...

Researchers have advanced our understanding of the circadian clock, the biological cycle that synchronizes with light-dark exposure. They recently developed a method to study how the circadian clock ...

I usually get up by 7 A.M. and am in bed by 10 P.M. I tend to eat meals at the same times of day, too. This may sound a little dull, but it's essential for my productivity. It's also a schedule that ...

The circadian clock of the fly's remaining 236 clock neurons was genetically "silenced," meaning that they no longer had a functioning molecular clock. The result was astonishing: "These four neurons ...