This weekend, not only do we have Halloween â the one night a year when staying up late and eating your body weight in sugar is socially acceptable â but itâs also the end of DST (Daylight Saving Time). When the clock strikes 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, it becomes 1:00 a.m. again. One extra hour […]
Weâve all done it: sleeping until noon Saturday and Sunday, only to feel awful Monday morning. So, is sleeping in good or bad? The truth isâit depends. When Sleeping In Helps If youâre truly sleep deprived (five hours or less during the week), research shows weekend catch-up sleep can lower your risk of dying early. […]
You know that 3 PM cup of coffee that feels like survival fuel? It might still be working overtime long after youâve shut your laptop, brushed your teeth, and are lying in bed wondering why sleep wonât come. Enter the Caffeine Calculator in Arcashift: an interactive feature that lets you see how that last cup […]
Ready for a tour of what actually happens when you skip sleep? Here are some real, actual sleep deprivation studies from the last century, and what people did during them. When Staying Awake Becomes Performance Art In 1959, Bliss et al. kept seven medical students awake for 72 hours straight, because medical school apparently wasnât […]
Letâs talk melatonin. Or, as I like to call it (to the confusion of my friends and loved ones): negative light. What I mean is this: This doesnât mean darkness = melatonin. You need darkness at the time your body wants to make melatonin. For most of us, this happens at night. You can expect […]
Ever find yourself staying up later on the weekends, then dragging through Monday like youâve flown cross-country? That mismatch between your weekday and weekend sleep schedules has a name: social jet lagâand itâs not great for your health. In a study our CEO (Olivia Walch) co-authored, they looked at Twitter activity (a rough stand-in for […]
Ever wonder if sleeping less actually makes you more likely to get sick? The answer is: absolutely. In one study, researchers tracked peopleâs sleep for two weeks, then exposed them to the common cold virus (yes, really). People who slept less than 7 hours were nearly 3 times more likely to get sick. And those […]
You fall asleep just fine⊠but then suddenly youâre wide awake at 3:00 AM, staring at the ceiling. Sound familiar? If this happens often, your internal clock, or circadian rhythms, might be playing a bigger role than you think. Letâs break it down with an analogy. Your Sleep System is Like a Water Cooler Picture […]
Sleep myths are everywhere, and letâs be honestâsome of us might still follow the advice we heard once in passing, but was it ever true? These misconceptions could be messing with your rest, so letâs set the record straight on five big ones. â Myth: “Drinking coffee in the afternoon wonât affect your sleep.” â […]
Good sleep doesnât come easily for everyone, and simply closing your eyes and hoping for the best isnât the answerâitâs about aligning with your circadian rhythms to set yourself up for success. For Sleep Awareness Month, our CEO, Olivia Walch, shares three simple but powerful ways to improve your sleep using circadian science. 1. Light […]
