I love seeing how cover designers around the world continue to reimagine The Inner Clock... 🤩🙏
#circadianrhythm #sleep #daylight

Woohoo! 🙌

Amy's hand is holding a book called "The Inner Clock, living in sync with our circadian rhythms" by Lynne Peeples. The book looks a bit orange because it is held in front of an amber light that replicates evening (& early morning?) light

Last paragraph of the book says "There is hope for us, individually and collectively. You and I can start with our personal circadian hygiene. As cities, states, and nations, we can begin to brighten the designs of our indoor environments. We can turn down our lights at night—except maybe inside the greenhouses where we grow sustainable food, medicine, and fuel. We can reconsider how we wind our clocks forward and back, and how we organize our work and school days. And, as a united world, we can think more critically about those arbitrary lines we draw on the map. We've ignored circadian rhythms for too long, to our peril. Not only have we lost a fundamental connection with the rhythms of nature—the cycles of the seasons, the moon, the sun— but the quality and quantity of our years on this beautiful blue planet, and those of future generations, is at stake. It's time to rekindle those relationships. It's time to reset and recover our inner clocks."

Fascinating (mind blowing at times) book about circadian rhythms with lots of tips for trying to fix/improve our body clocks! Author shows much we've messed up so as well as rapid climate action, factoring in these rhythms is important (for us & nature e.g. light pollution) #BookSky

Thanks so much, @amythebirder.bsky.social ! I hope you found some useful tips! ⏰☀️

In fact, I do! 😄

The health and economic repercussions of declining MMR coverage in the United States | PNAS The resurgence of measles in the United States, driven by declining childhood vaccination coverage, poses a substantial public health and economic ...

New paper in PNAS just out: Measles cases in the US in 2025 imposed a societal financial cost of $244.2 million.

A scenario where vaccination rates in young kids falls by 1% per year for 5 years would cost us all $7.77 billion over those years, while hospitalizing 4k+ people and killing dozens.

If you haven't already, you really need to check out this brilliant, beautifully crafted new book from @bittelmethis.bsky.social about the wild lives around us. 🦅🪼🦨🐾🦉🐐🦇🐊🐦‍⬛🦅🐜🐸

Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?

This researcher created a fictional illness, and fake studies funded by the Professor Sideshow Bob Foundation and University of the Fellowship of the Ring and the Galactic Triad.

LLMs warned people the illness was real.

go.nature.com/48mAyh9

Author lived in an underground bunker for 10 days to study sleep, happiness and health—1 key thing she learned Lynne Peeples was on a quest to better understand circadian rhythm, so she stayed in a bunker 50 feet below ground for ten days straight.

Lynne Peeples was on a quest to better understand circadian rhythm, so she stayed in a bunker 50 feet below ground for ten days straight.

I had a wonderful time last week at PHUSE Connect in Austin, where I was honored to give the opening keynote. I spoke about how data gets translated into understanding and decisions, and what the COVID era revealed about doing that well.
#datascience #datavisualization #sciencecommunication

The surprising science behind red-light therapy — and how it really works People are buying helmets, face masks, vests and beds that emit long-wavelength light. Beneath the hype, there is some interesting biology.

Beneath the hype around red-light therapy, I found some interesting biology... My latest for @nature.com. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I'm flying to Austin tomorrow to give the opening keynote at #PHUSE Connect 2026. It feels like a full-circle moment, bringing together my early career as a biostatistician with my work today as a science journalist. Looking forward to the conversations, and the Texas sunshine! #DataScience

What happens when you go 10 days without sunlight (Fresh Air+) : Fresh Air Daylight Saving Time begins today, so we’re looking back at this archive interview with science journalist Lynne Peeples, who wrote a book called "The Inner Clock: Living In Sync With Our Circadian Rh...

Fun to see @npr.org resurface my Fresh Air interview today for the DST switch. Hope everyone is surviving. The circadian struggle is real! www.npr.org/2026/03/08/n...

What’s the science behind acupuncture? | PNAS What’s the science behind acupuncture?

This was fascinating to report for @pnas.org Recent discoveries are giving some ancient ideas a modern scientific footing -- bolstering Western acceptance and strengthening the case that acupuncture’s benefits may extend beyond placebo effects. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

BC just announced that it has adopted permanent DST -- pushing Vancouver winter sunrises to after 9 a.m. for about 5 weeks. The decision also leaned on a survey in which 93% of British Columbians supported perm DST. The survey didn't include an option for perm ST... My take: a bad move.

So, The Inner Clock wasn't actually my first book. I started with far more important subject matter. And the best genre ever: Choose Your Own Adventure... Will my Seahawks choose to pass or run this time?!? 😆

Opinion | The Real Reason MAHA Hates Vaccines

"Mass vaccination is not just a disease prophylactic but among the simplest tools we have to limit the damage of America’s many social pathologies and inequalities." @dwallacewells.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...

Jellyfish sleep like humans — even though they don’t have brains Studying ancient sea creatures’ snoozing habits could shed light on the origins of sleep.

Fascinating to report for @nature.com on how studying ancient sea creatures' snoozing habits could shed light on the origins of #sleep. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why Holiday Lights Are Bad For Sleep. Plus, Car-Free Fremont and Our Most Seattle Stories by City Cast Seattle

On today's episode, we talked with @lynnepeeps.bsky.social about how holiday lights affect our circadian rhythms, and discuss the possibility of a car-free Fremont bridge and the most Seattle stories of the year with @hannahkrieg.bsky.social and @guyoron.net megaphone.link/CC5083105289

Holiday lights are getting brighter—and messing with our sleep Researchers say that choosing better bulbs and being intentional about where you place them can make a real difference.

"... people exposed to greater light at night faced significantly higher risks of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, & atrial fibrillation, even after accounting for factors like sleep duration." @lynnepeeps.bsky.social for Nat Geo!! 🧪

www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...

Is your brain tired? Researchers are discovering the roots of mental fatigue Better ways to measure cognitive exhaustion could point to treatments for long COVID and other debilitating disorders.

“Fatigue is a really big problem,” one scientist told me. “We really need to figure this out — how to study it and how to intervene.” Link to my latest for @nature.com on why our brains get exhausted...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The harmful and biased medical advice from social medial influencers, highlighting lack of expertise and financial conflicts. Many specific examples and recommendations provided
bmj.com/content/391/...

Is HRT in menopause healthy? US label change triggers debate The US FDA is removing serious health warnings from hormone replacement therapies. Scientists worry that more work is needed to get the message right.

Did the FDA make the right decision yesterday on menopausal hormone therapy? Scientists aren't so sure. @lynnepeeps.bsky.social writes for @nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Under One Sky is almost here! 🌙 I’m thrilled to be delivering the opening keynote at DarkSky’s global conference — an immersive 24-hour journey following the arc of night around the planet. It’s not too late to register! @darkskyintl.bsky.social
conference.darksky.org?_gl=1%2Az4spi

Audio long read: How to get the best night’s sleep — what the science says Listen to an audio version of a recent Nature Feature.

In case you missed reading it, now you can listen to it! And no offense if it puts you to sleep. I’d actually be flattered. 😆😴 @nature.com #sleep #circadianrhythm www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Dim days, bright nights: a hidden cruelty of Ice detention Tens of thousands of people held across the US amid Trump’s immigration crackdown could face an insidious hazard: broken internal clocks

“We couldn’t tell if it was day or night.”
On top of crowded cells, meager rations and other reported cruelties of ICE detention, immigrants face a more insidious hazard… My latest for @theguardian.com.

How to get the best night’s sleep: what the science says Chuck the gadgets, the fads and the alarm. Circadian research reveals how important your body’s internal clock is to blissful slumber.

What does science have to say about getting a good night's sleep? Quite a lot, really. @lynnepeeps.bsky.social captures most of it nicely in this feature www.nature.com/articles/d41...?

Happy Birthday to THE INNER CLOCK! 🥳 It’s been an incredible first trip around the sun. Huge thanks to every scientist, reader, reviewer, podcaster and supporter who has helped me spread the word about living clock-wise. 🙏☀️⏰🌙

Today, I was laid off from Cascade PBS along with my entire team and most of the newsroom. I'll have more to say, but I have loved my time as news editor alongside some of the best journalists I have ever worked with. Every time a newsroom closes, stories go with it. The silence that follows is loud

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