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Humans Used to Sleep in Two Shifts, And Maybe We Should Start It Again
MELINDA JACKSON AND SIOBHAN BANKS, THE CONVERSATION
26 DECEMBER 2020
Around a third of the Australian population have trouble sleeping, including difficulties maintaining sleep throughout the night.
While nighttime awakenings are distressing for most sufferers, there is some evidence from our recent past that suggests this period of wakefulness occurring between two separate sleep periods was the norm.
Throughout history, there have been numerous accounts of segmented sleep, from medical texts, to court records and diaries, and even in African and South American tribes, with a common reference to first and second sleep.
Print article During the darkest days of Alaska’s winter, black-capped chickadees stuff themselves with enough seeds and frozen insects to survive 18-hour nights. Where the chickadees spend those long nights was a mystery until a biologist tracked them. Susan Sharbaugh spent many winter nights trying to find out how a creature as light as a handful of paperclips survived temperatures of 40 degrees below zero. Sharbaugh is a biologist and a fan of the black-capped chickadee, one of the most unlikely residents of the north because of the difficulty of keeping a tiny body warm in a cold place. In her studies, Sharbaugh found that black-capped chickadees gained an additional 10% of their body weight each day by stuffing themselves. The birds then use that fat to shiver all night, which keeps them warm. The human equivalent would be a 165-pound man who spent a frigid night outside and emerged 15 pounds lighter by the next morning.
Dec 24 2020 08:00 PM | Matthew Lenz in The Lighter Side
T’was the night before christmas, when all through stands
Not a creature was stirring, not even the fans.
The Target Field bars and concessions were bare,
With hopes in twenty-one, we all could be there.
Image courtesy of Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports Twins Territory nestled in and pulled up Twins Daily,
While making their list to replace Homer Bailey.
And fans in the comments said give Bauer a cap,
While wondering if Odo would get another lap.
When up in the office, there arose different clatters,
They also had needs for some new Bomba batters.
Santa catching some waves in Mount Maunganui on Christmas
25 Dec, 2020 12:13 AM
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Mount Maunganui s Rob Warner out for a Christmas surf. Photo / George Novak
After a long night getting through the naughty and nice list, Santa decided to catch some waves in Mount Maunganui today.
It has been a tradition every Christmas for the last eight years: wake up, put on the unmistakable red and white coat and hat, and hit the beach.
Mount Maunganui s Rob Warner said getting in the water was a great way to start the day.
It also got him a lot of Merry Christmas, Santa greetings from the kids as well as thumbs up from other beach-goers.