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For Sleep Week, we’re stepping away from human systems and society to take a closer look at slumber in the animal kingdom. The Conversation took a trip to the Honolulu Zoo for an after-dark tour with Charles Lee, interim director of education.
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Nearly one-third of people will experience insomnia at some point in their life. But what do we really know about the origin of sleep disorders? The Conversation's Savannah Harriman-Pote hears from a Honolulu resident who has been looking for answers for 15 years.
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For most people, late nights are reserved for sleep. But the folks who bring us our 24-hour services work late into the night and into the early morning. For The Conversation's Sleep Week, we turn our attention to folks who work the graveyard shift. What protections are in place to ensure they get the rest they need?
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If the pandemic taught us anything, it's the importance of a good night's sleep. A Hawaiʻi integrative sleep specialist lays out sleep's role in supporting the immune system. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.
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Schools nationwide are taking a closer look at student sleep, but that hasn’t happened yet here in Hawaiʻi. As classes start again, students are gearing up for another busy — and sleepless — year. That's the first of five Sleep Week stories this week from HPR's The Conversation.
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Hawaiʻi ranks first for insufficient sleep nationwide. This week on The Conversation, we ask sleep experts, insomnia specialists, and even a zookeeper about why that might be.