The Ecological Impacts of Light at Night
The manifold biological uses of light have served organisms extremely well for millenia. But now, ever more rapidly, the great certainty that "night follows...
Melatonin and Its Uses
Google “melatonin” and the search engine will provide nearly 2 million references at the time of writing (August 2020). These vary from factual science...
Light and Darkness Fundamentally Affect Biology
That "night follows day" has been of outstanding certainty to us humans (Hamlet, by William Shakespeare). And indeed, at any place on Earth, it...
Do Insects Sleep?
When your dog is tired, she looks for a suitable place to lie down, closes her eyes, and nods off. There is little doubt...
Depression and Anxiety in COVID-19 Survivors
“After three weeks of treatments, I was healing from COVID, at home, had no fever, and just a little cough. But sometimes at night,...
We Are Clockworks
Fifty years ago, circadian rhythm research underwent a monumental breakthrough with the discovery of a tiny area of the brain, the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN),...
The Antarctic as a Chronobiologist’s Dream Lab: What we can learn from dark polar winters and bright polar summers
Polar regions are hostile environments for human beings. We are not equipped like the wildlife to survive the extreme temperatures and light conditions without...
Five Tips for Healthy Sleep During COVID-19 and After
About one-third of the adult population in Europe complains about disruptive sleep problems. That is, under normal circumstances. The situation brought about by COVID-19...
We Live in Bad Times for Good Entrainment
Entrainment is a crucial word in the dictionary of chronobiology. It means a close alignment between the internal body clock(s) and the external world...
Chronobiology — From “Biorhythmology” to Mature Science
There was a time when, at the dawn of its formation, the future field of chronobiology was perceived as pseudoscience — "biorhythmology," akin to...
