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#016 Is Blue Light Really Bad for Your Sleep? Plus Biodiversity is Kinda Based


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There was a hypothesis a few years ago that blue light might be responsible for keeping us up late. While there is evidence that wearing orange glasses increases our melatonin, there's no evidence that they help us go to sleep earlier or improve our sleep quality.

So, if it's not blue light what is it? Let's find out.

We'll also break biodiversity down into three important aspects and talk a little about Bell Burnell finding pulsars!

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https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(14)00324-3/fulltext

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271223089_Adolescents_who_perceive_fewer_consequences_of_risk-taking_choose_to_switch_off_games_later_at_night

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329668451_How_Internal_and_External_Cues_for_Bedtime_Affect_Sleep_and_Adaptive_Functioning_in_Adolescents

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcal.12841#jcal12841-bib-0056

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Peer RevueBy James M Roche