Learn more about how human cycles, such as sleep and the menstrual cycle, may have once been in sync with the lunar cycle.

The idea that the menstrual cycle is synced with the phases of the Moon is a controversial one, and one that’s generally considered to have little scientific evidence to support it. A new study, ...

Most biochemical reactions accelerate as temperature increases, but our daily circadian rhythms, which are underlain by gene regulatory and biochemical networks, remain constant, even as temperatures ...

Every cell in the human body operates on an intricate internal schedule, governed by circadian rhythms that synchronize our ...

All life on Earth has evolved to cope with a rotating planet which results in the predictable transition between day and night. The details differ between plants, fungi, bacteria, and animals, but the ...

Biological rhythms are ubiquitous in nature, from the beating of the heart to the rhythms of flowering plants. A research team has shown that the two main cellular oscillators -- the circadian clock ...

We've already nudged you this week about the benefits of breakfast. And this got us thinking more about the timing of our meals. There's a growing body of evidence to suggest that when we eat during a ...

For each clock cycle. The phrase "the CPU does four instructions per clock" means that four machine instructions have been executed within one cycle of the CPU clock, the master clock that ...

Measuring the solar cycle by monitoring the rhythm of the sun's magnetic field could help predict solar flare surges that can damage communication systems on Earth. When you purchase through links on ...