The tick-tock of our circadian clock

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The near 24-hour-cycle that keeps us on track is conducted by the suprachiasmatic nucleus. It’s a tiny part of our brains, but it’s super, super important.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Brains on, where we're serious about being curious.
0:03.9	Brains on is supported on part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
0:11.6	You hear that?
0:12.9	Glocks!
0:14.1	They are everywhere and I don't just mean when you walk into a clock shop.
0:18.0	Even without alarms or watches our bodies run on clocks.
0:21.4	Down to the cellular level, we have tens of thousands of clocks in us.
0:26.0	Together they make up our sarcasm rhythm.
0:29.1	It's how our bodies no one to wake up in the morning.
0:31.6	When to eat?
0:32.8	When to think about big problems?
0:34.8	And when to go to sleep at night?
0:36.8	Our clocks are resinked each day by the rise of the sun.
0:41.9	Let and dark play a key factor by peeling ourselves what to do.
0:46.7	Today's episode of Brains on is all about circadian rhythm.
0:50.2	And those clocks that tell us what to do.
0:59.5	You're listening to Brains on from American Public Media.
1:03.0	We take questions big and small from kids all over the world and track down the answers.
1:07.6	Along the way we try to have a little fun too.
1:11.0	Oh hey Anika, I guess I should give a proper introduction.
1:13.6	I am your host Molly Bloom and joining me today from Stockholm Sweden is 11-year-old Anika Rader.
1:18.8	Hi Anika!
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