It doesn’t look like COVID-19 is going anywhere. There are already new strains that have been discovered in the UK, the US, and elsewhere. Vaccines may slow it down, but it’s likely that people will be locked down, told to…
The health effects of sleep deprivation are so scary they may keep you up at night
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Pulling all-nighters to hit a deadline, only getting three hours of sleep due to too many drinks last night, or simply just so really into that new Netflix show that you must stay up all night to…
Starting work before 10am isn’t just soul crushing, this scientist says it’s equivalent to torture
BY: TYLER FYFE It’s 9 am and under the the cheap hue of white fluorescent light, a daily workforce of cataleptic creatures crane their necks over an excel spreadsheet. According to Dr. Paul Kelley of Oxford University, this is what…
A brain orgasm could cure your insomnia
BY: VANESSA NIGRO Have you ever been watching someone perform a very intricate or high-concentration task, or take part in a stimulating conversation, when suddenly you are overcome with an unwarranted tingling sensation? The feeling starts at the top of…
Could alcohol abuse and sleep deprivation be the keys to creativity?
BY: PILGRIM For some reason, exceptional creativity seems to gravitate towards the minds of the sleepless and the alcohol-abusive. The question has always been that of the chicken and the egg: did the booze inspire the genius, or did the…
Sleep deprivation could be the root of the student mental health crisis
BY: LILITH We’ve all been there. You procrastinated a bit too long on that paper and now you have one night left to cough up 5,000 words on how the minor characters in Macbeth somehow sparked the First Gulf War.…