The Circadian Code by Satchin Panda In keeping with the theme of new beginnings, this January we introduced a book of the month. Join us as we work our way through books that highlight the importance of circadian and sleep health đ´ Up first: The Circadian Code by Satchin Panda of the Salk Institute for […]
As today is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere (and the longest in the Southern Hemisphere), it seems appropriate to talk about how the seasons change our bodiesâ rhythms. Many things change with the seasons, but the main seasonal variation that I will consider here is the variation in day length. […]
Hereâs a fun fact: You probably get way less light exposure during a normal work day than you would if you were out camping. âSure,â you say. âThatâs no surprise. At home, I have walls around me to block the sun. If Iâm camping, I presumably have fewer walls.â âYou donât understand,â I say, leaning […]
Rods, cones, and…ipRGCs? For almost a century and a half, it was thought that the mammalian retina had just two types of photoreceptors: rods and cones. That assumption was not proven to be false until studies in the late 1990s proved the existence of a third kind of mammalian photoreceptor that differed greatly from rods […]
I recently got some blackout curtains for my bedroom. This was pretty long overdue: about thirty feet from my bedroom window is a cheerfully bright, energy-efficient street lamp, whichâwhile great when Iâm taking the dog out for a nighttime strollâis the photic equivalent of somebody standing in my azaleas and playing âSeventy-Six Trombonesâ while Iâm […]
Lately, I’ve been watching clips from the Olympics… …getting misty-eyed when the athletes hug at the end, and then stalking the winners on social media: a normal Saturday night in 2021. I have a shirt that looks like that, I think as I scroll through photos of them lifting approximately three times my body weight. […]
I recently went on a trip to California. Coming from the East Coast, this was a three-hour shift west. To adjust to California time, I needed to delay my circadian clock. One catch, though: my flight out was extremely early in the morning. That meant, like it or not, I was going to advance myself […]
A sleep story Today we had the pleasure of interviewing one of our own, Eric. Heâs a skilled mathematician and AWS developer here at Arcascope. Everyone has their own unique experience when it comes to catching Zzz’s, or in Ericâs case, NOT doing that. We wanted to chat with him and learn more about these […]
