A new study suggests that blue light such as from phone screens may not be as disruptive to sleep as previously thought. The study looked at how people reacted to different types of light. They found ...
When it comes to sunlight’s impact on the skin, people usually think of ultraviolet (UV) light, the invisible light that causes sunburn. However, sunlight also includes the visible light spectrum that ...
There’s a lot of evidence that blue light, emitted by smartphones, tablets, laptops, and many other electronic devices, is impacting on the quantity and quality of the sleep we are getting. Darkness ...
What is blue light? “All the light we see is made up of different wavelengths of light,” says Vivienne Sinh Hau, MD, an ophthalmologist at Kaiser Permanente in Riverside, California. “Certain ...
The default setting on most devices is to display black text on a white background. Setting your device to dark mode means that it will display white text on a dark background. Dark mode is intended ...
Your tablet, smartphone, laptop, and flat screen TV all have one thing in common: They each give off blue light. You may know them by the acronym ROY G BIV. Together, they make the white light you see ...
Current relationship status: in a domestic partnership with my iPad, laptop, and iPhone. After shifting all areas of my life to digital (virtual happy hours, endless IGTV workouts), my screen time has ...
Our smartphones, computer screens, televisions, the fluorescent lights in the office, and the sun all emit blue light. And experts want you to know that yes, exposure to blue light does affect sleep.