Wed, Nov-06-13, 04:48
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Plan: Muscle Centric
Stats: 238/153/160
BF:
Progress: 109%
Location: UK
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BBC Radio 4
Digital Human: Dark
We might want to drown it out in light, but, as Aleks Krotoski discovers, darkness can be good for us.
Featuring:
Christian Luginbuhl is an astronomer at the United States Naval Observatory, Flagstaff Station, and one of the original founders of the Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition. He tells us why we still need dark skies in the digital age.
Dr. Kenneth P Wright is a behavioral neuroscientist/psychologist University of Colorado at Boulder whose research interests include understanding the physiology of the human circadian pacemaker. He tells us about a study he conducted that shows how quickly we can recover our normal sleep cycles when we get back to nature.
http://www.colorado.edu/intphys/faculty/wright.html
Dr Kirstie Anderson is a Consultant Neurologist and is one of the foremost sleep neurologists in the UK. She explains how the human sleep cycle works, and how the disruption of that rhythm can adversely affect us.
http://www.drkanderson.org.uk/
Michael and Lorna Herf are the developers of F.lux, a computer programme that adjusts the lights of computer screens as the day progresses. Michael tells us how they came up with the app, and how it could help users to sleep better.
http://justgetflux.com/
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Click on the link to listen to the 30 minute radio programme:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03g94qw
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