The somnolent experimentations of architecture school

2017-03-30T12:41:00-04:00

The grueling pace of architecture school notoriously leaves little room to catch up on your beauty sleep. But even the most rigorous students need a bit of shuteye every once and a while, whether under a desk or inside an installation. @usczzz documents passed out students from the USC School of Architecture. Turns out where—and how—they sleep is almost as creative as the work they’re doing.

Apparently, the sleepy ‘gram was inspired by a similar one at SCI-Arc, @sciarc_sleepcam.

One night's bad sleep equivalent to six months on a high-fat diet, new study finds

2015-11-17T12:58:00-05:00

New research finds that one night of sleep deprivation and six months on a high-fat diet could both impair insulin sensitivity to a similar degree, demonstrating the importance of a good night’s sleep on health. [...] When the body becomes less sensitive to insulin ... it needs to produce more insulin to keep blood sugar stable. This may eventually lead to Type 2 diabetes, a disease where the body’s insulin response doesn’t work properly and there is too much sugar in the blood.

Students: take note. Take time to get enough sleep.

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The somnolent experimentations of architecture school

One night's bad sleep equivalent to six months on a high-fat diet, new study finds