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Mystery #3Tier 2brain / body clock

Why do you feel sleepier and sleepier the longer you stay awake?

First thing in the morning you can spring out of bed, but by late evening your eyelids feel like they have weights on them. The longer you stay awake, the harder it gets to keep going, as if tiredness has been quietly stacking up all day. What exactly is piling up inside you?

A newborn baby yawning widely, eyes scrunched shut.
Photo: Martin Falbisoner · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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