Season 3 – Episode 2: City lights, country nights – Circadian rhythms in urban and rural life

Light O'Clock · Apr 29, 2025 · 33m

How does life in cities versus rural areas shape our circadian rhythms? How does access to electricity — or the lack of it — impact sleep timing? And what happens to our circadian rhythms when we move from an urban setting to camping outside?

Our guest Luísa Klaus Pilz (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) comments on field studies carried out when she was a PhD student and postdoc at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Laboratório de Cronobiologia e Sono - HCPA/UFRGS).

Links and resources related to the episode’s content

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-29494-4…