News tagged with early risers

Morning people and night owls show different brain function (w/Video)

Are you a "morning person" or a "night owl?"

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0




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Early to bed and early to rise -- study suggests it's keeping kids leaner

Ben Franklin was right, at least on the healthy part. "Early to bed and early to rise" appears to have helped a cross-section of early-bird Australian youths keep slimmer and more physically active than their night-owl peers, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Meteors from Halley's comet

Looking for an adventure? Get up in the wee hours of the morning May 6th and head out into the country, far from the city lights. You won't be alone. The birds will be up and singing about the coming dawn, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A sleep strategy commonly used by night nurses throws off their circadian clocks

As many as 25 percent of hospital nurses go without sleep for at least 24 hours in order to adjust to working on the night shift, which is the least effective strategy for adapting their internal, circadian ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Archaeologists find hidden African side to noted 1780s Md. building

One of North America's most famous Revolutionary-era buildings – a lone-surviving testament to an Enlightenment ideal – has a hidden West African face, University of Maryland archaeologists have ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Year's first partial solar eclipse occurs Tuesday

Early risers in Madrid, London and Paris take note.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 03, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Study shows latest government spill estimate right

After several missteps, the federal government finally got it right, accurately estimating how much oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico, an independent scientific study found.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 23, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Jupiter making closest approach in nearly 50 years

(AP) -- Better catch Jupiter next week in the night sky. It won't be that big or bright again until 2022. Jupiter will pass 368 million miles from Earth late Monday, its closest approach since 1963. You can ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 17, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 2

Dispersants: lesser evil against oil spill or Gulf poison?

Nearly a million gallons of dispersant have been poured into the Gulf of Mexico to fight the largest oil spill in US history, even though little is known about their effects fishermen claim makes them sick ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Some Iowa cicadas make unexpected appearance four years ahead of schedule

(PhysOrg.com) -- The 17-year cicadas found in central and southeast Iowa aren't supposed to come out until 2014, but a small percentage are emerging now, four years ahead of schedule. "These cicadas appeared ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

BP sprays more chemicals into main Gulf oil leak

(AP) -- A remote-controlled submarine shot a chemical dispersant into the maw of a massive undersea oil leak Monday, further evidence that authorities expect the gusher to keep erupting into the Gulf of Mexico ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 10, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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