They say the early bird catches the worm — probably because night owls are too depressed to do it. Night owls may be smarter than early birds, but research suggests they are also more likely to ...

Self-described "night owls" were more likely to exercise less, consume unhealthy diets, have a higher body mass index, sleep less and smoke cigarettes over the early birds, according to the report ...

Night owls may be at higher risk for chronic disease, prior research has shown. A 2022 study found night owls were more sedentary, had lower aerobic fitness levels, and burned less fat at rest and ...

"Night owls" — people who naturally stay up late and wake up well past sunrise — have different patterns of brain activity compared with "morning larks," a new study finds. And these ...

Unfortunately for night owls, though, the average workplace is designed around a 9-to-5 workday. If you are one, don’t try to become a lark.

Only 5% of the study participants were night owls. Getty Images/iStockphoto Armed with everyone’s chronotypes, Wenzler compared the participants’ cognitive function test results over 10 years.

Life is not so easy for my patients who are night owls. In the United States, the normative sleep schedule runs from about 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., though this varies with age, gender, geography ...

But while saying that night owls are going to die early makes for an eye-catching headline, the real story isn’t quite that simple. The story behind the study.

In order to better understand her circadian rhythm, science journalist Lynne Peeples conducted an experiment in which lived for 10 days in a bunker, with no exposure to sunlight or clocks.