I don’t want to believe this study. I really don’t.
For me, late night is largely empty of distractions. If I don’t turn on Skype or Facebook, I can pretend the whole world is asleep while I write. Even my cat will not bother me while I work at night.
I see few problems with this habit of working late at night as I believe I’m just naturally tuned to stay up. (And I still get eight hours.) To me, the only bad thing about staying up late is that I get hungry. Apparently, that’s bad.
A new study involving mice who ate …read more

Are pests more vulnerable during certain times of day?
As it turns out, the answer is yes, thanks to the biological clocks of insects. Researchers from Oregon State University found that circadian rhythms in some insects may cause them to be more susceptible to pesticides at different times of the day. However, getting a pest control person out during the times insects appear to be weakest may be difficult.

The pest study revealed that insect defenses against propoxur and fipronil (two commonly used pesticides) are weakest around dawn, dusk or the middle of the night. Their defenses are strongest around mid-day.
Louisa …read more

The purpose of sunlight and darkness is so we can keep our internal time clock in check. It allows us to be awake during daylight hours, and sleep during the dark ones. If you are at all like me, you have a severely messed up inner clock. I am most alert between the hours of 3:30 and 7:30 am. No matter what I do, I can’t change that fact. I have to concentrate extremely hard to get anything accomplished after 10 am. There is nothing I can do about it. I have tried …read more