Hitting the snooze button: is it time to let teens start school later in the day?

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By Katie Compton, Policy & Politics editor Research has confirmed something that parents and teens have known for a long time: teenagers stay up later and sleep in longer than other age groups. This sleeping pattern isn’t an act of rebellion or a sign of laziness – it’s rooted in teens’ natural circadian rhythm. Forcing […]

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Blue light: The new environmental pollution?

Lené Gary, General Sciences co-editor With each flick of a switch or push of a button, we’re turning up the blues – blue light, that is. Blame our love for illumination and our commitment to save the earth for unleashing, what could be, a biologically-altering, pollution of concern. Unfortunately, the same LEDs – light emitting […]

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