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Light O'Clock goes live: Send us your questions!

Light O’Clock is going live from Vienna at Buch Wien 2025 on Saturday, 15 November – and this time, you set the agenda for the episode! Together with Marie Luise Schreiter, we’ll be diving into your questions about how light shapes our brains, bodies, health, and daily rhythms – ...  Show more

Season 3 – Episode 4: Too early to think? Why school start times matter for sleep and learning

Why do early mornings feel so brutal for teens? In this episode, we explore the science behind teenage sleep and circadian rhythms and why early school start times may be setting students up for failure. We talk to students from Italy and Germany, and sleep researcher Dr. Anna Ma ...  Show more

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