#Circadian rhythm

[mindblowingscience]

Cyanobacteria, an ancient lineage of bacteria that perform photosynthesis, have been found to regulate their genes using the same physics principle used in AM radio transmission. New research published in Current Biology has found that cyanobacteria use variations in the amplitude (strength) of a pulse to convey information in single cells. The finding sheds light on how biological rhythms work together to regulate cellular processes.

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[thelandofmemes]

[existennialmemes]

So excited we're about to horrifically torture our Circadian Rhythms by rearranging the clock, because of something that was allegedly more convenient for people over a hundred years ago

[tumbler-polls]

Please tag/comment your age, country, and gender! For the sake of this poll, we went with 7 hours of sleep, but we're aware that some people need less/more 💤

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

“Winners don’t hit snooze” drop dead actually. Fucking die.

Winners don’t go around assuming everyone is just as privileged and healthy and well rested as them

Winners don’t shame others for whatever accommodations they might need to maintain a decent quality of life

Winners don’t act like pretentious ableist assholes in fact I’m pretty sure winners are perceptive open-minded kind and understanding. Idk

[grrlmusic]

Orienteer Mapazine

[latenightdemo]

"...some stay and some go, but the love is always there."

"Problems are there to get fixed, baby."

Drake

[mayawakening]

Having a sleep disorder is at least a little funny.

I've literally been prescribed sunlight and water as a part of my chronotherapy.

Excited to see what other medieval fantasy sidequests my life has in store.

[mindblowingscience]

Most plants and animals are exposed to a wide range of environmental variations. A study published in the journal Nature and conducted by the team of Richard Benton, professor at the Center for Integrative Genomics in the Faculty of Biology and Medicine at the University of Lausanne, looks at the ability of Drosophila to adapt to fluctuations in day length. Species with a wide geographical distribution, such as humans, are confronted with multiple environmental variations, which they manage thanks to the flexibility, or ("plasticity") of their behavior. This ability to adapt to the world around them is crucial to their survival. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying it remain poorly understood. It is therefore important to decipher how behavioral plasticity is regulated by genes and the nervous system, in order to understand how widespread species have evolved to cope with environmental changes and how they will adapt to a changing climate.

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[thomas-jeffferson]

anyone else with circadian rhythm sleep disorders get so insanely mad at people when they tell you to "fix your sleep schedule" or "oversleeping isnt healthy" or to "go to bed"

shut up. literally shut the fuck up.

m sorry but I have been dealing with this my whole life and this is how my body functions. YOU'RE body actually fits a 24 hour day cycle. MINE DOESN'T.

i cant fucking "fix my sleep schedule" because my body doesnt recognize that im on a 24 hour cycle dumbass. I cant make myself get tired and i cant make myself get out of bed.

I've missed my drivers test 3 times bc of my sleep issues and i keep having to reschedule. I don'y have a single memory of having a consistent sleep schedule ever.

I HAVE to "over" sleep for my body to be able to function. it's how i can get out of bed at all. before I homeschooled i was staying up for 24-30 hours once or twice a week just to not miss school.

please just stop telling people how to fix their disabilities when they have probably tried every solution or remark you have offered them. Its not the goddamn caffeine sharon.

[imkazz]

the circadian rhythm is what lets animals decide when to sleep and when to wake up, using blue light which is known to emit from the sun and device screens.

the solar eclipse will remove that blue light from the sky as if the sun is setting, which would make nocturnal animals wake up and have their brains decide that it's time to hunt.

imagine: inosuke only ever relys on the circadian rhythm and he panics when the sky gradually grows darker. he has his swords out as he's shouting about demons coming out and hunched up on all fours. the rest of the kamaboko squad is agitated by him but all of them still have those goofy eclipse glasses on.

someone draw that please

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Anonymous prompt:

Can you please make a poll on the average amount of sleep per night? (>5-12+, with an option for “wildly varying sleep schedule”?) thanks!