Articles for tag: biological clock, Circadian rhythm, Human Biology, Sleep science

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The Human Body’s Internal Clock: How It Governs Our Lives

Suhail Ahmed

  Every night-shift nurse who feels wired at 3 a.m., every teenager who cannot fall asleep before midnight, every traveler stumbling through jet lag is bumping up against the same invisible force: the body’s internal clock. For decades, this clock was treated as a kind of biological background noise, a curiosity more than a cornerstone ...