Jessa Gamble

Futurist and science journalist

Jessa Gamble is a science writer and co-owner of the Last Word On Nothing blog. Her latest book is The Siesta and the Midnight Sun: How We Measure and Experience Time (2011). She lives in Yellowknife, Canada.

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Written by Jessa Gamble

Painting of anthropomorphic birds in business attire on a giant sundial. One types at a desk, another stands, one walks, and one lounges.

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Sleep and dreams

Life in Circadia

The ticking of the bodyclock can help us fight cancer, safeguard our hearts, time our meals, and enhance our intelligence

Jessa Gamble

A soldier resting on the ground at night, looking up at the sky, with another soldier walking in the background.

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Future of technology

The end of sleep?

New technologies are emerging that could radically reduce our need to sleep - if we can bear to use them

Jessa Gamble