Nearly all animals follow 24-hour activity cycles based on their genetically built-in circadian clocks. But one beetle species operates in 48-hour time chunks instead—apparently driven by a strict ...

Could your body’s hidden 12-hour clock hold the secret to metabolic health and disease? New research links our internal rhythms to ancient ocean tides. Review: Biological rhythms: Living your life, ...

Clock genes are a set of genes known to contribute to the regulation of the human body's internal 24-hour cycle, also known as the circadian rhythm. One of these genes is the so-called CLOCK gene, a ...

The results of a recent study suggest that people with a weaker or more irregular body clock, also known as circadian rhythm, ...

A new study finds that sleep timing is linked to dementia risk, as people with weak circadian rhythms face a 2.5 times higher ...