Diplodocus, Long Thought Exclusively American, Turns Up in Spain(sci.news)

81 points by embedding-shape 1 month ago | 48 comments

Arthur Conan Doyle explored men’s mental health through Sherlock Holmes(scienceclock.com)

172 points by PikelEmi 11 months ago | 217 comments

American Heart Association says melatonin may be linked to serious heart risks(sciencedaily.com)

60 points by pogue 11 months ago | 30 comments

Alzheimer's breakthrough: 2 hrs of sleep restored without clearing brain plaques(sciencedaily.com)

97 points by amichail 3 days ago | 23 comments

ScienceDaily article on a University of Kentucky mouse study finding that depleting microglia restored over two hours of daily sleep in Alzheimer's models without clearing plaques.

A plastic once thought harmless may be fueling fatty liver disease(sciencedaily.com)

21 points by gradus_ad 16 days ago | 2 comments

ScienceDaily news release on Texas A&M research linking a common plastic to fatty liver disease, with unhealthy diets possibly worsening the damage.

Researchers Find Microbe Capable of Producing Oxygen from Martian Soil(scienceclock.com)

89 points by ashishgupta2209 10 months ago | 33 comments

British Columbia is permanently adopting daylight time(cbc.ca)

1074 points by ireflect 7 months ago | 517 comments

CBC News article reporting that British Columbia will end seasonal clock changes and adopt permanent daylight time after March 8, as announced by the premier.

Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds(monash.edu)

418 points by clouddrover 3 years ago | 381 comments

Monash University news article reporting a study finding that each 1% yearly loss of deep sleep in people over 60 is linked to a 27% higher dementia risk.

A daytime nap is good for the brain(bbc.com)

323 points by andsoitis 3 years ago | 170 comments

BBC News health article reporting research suggesting that regular daytime naps are associated with better brain health.

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

Attention lapses due to sleep deprivation due to flushing fluid from brain(news.mit.edu)

525 points by gmays 1 year ago | 254 comments

MIT News article on research showing attention lapses during sleep deprivation coincide with fluid flushing from the brain, a process normally occurring during sleep.

Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration (2023)(academic.oup.com)

654 points by bilsbie 3 months ago | 338 comments

A 2023 study in the journal SLEEP finding that sleep regularity predicts mortality risk better than sleep duration; the capture shows a Cloudflare verification page.