clubhouse chat: beauty sleep is real
thursday is for the soft life. and tonight there is proof your evening is doing more than you think, because scientists just found the switch that turns sleep into glow.
the glow file
beauty sleep is officially science. researchers at uc berkeley mapped the brain circuit that releases growth hormone during deep sleep, the hormone that repairs muscle, burns fat, and keeps skin glowing. the study landed in the journal cell. beauty sleep was never a myth. it was a system.
the takeaway: deep sleep is richest in the first stretch of the night, so a steady bedtime protects your best hours. pair it with the night routine that works and let the science do the rest.
the piggy bank
a pennsylvania program that delivers food and essentials to seniors was about to close when one resident told her story to a local tv station. days later, an anonymous donor sent 100,000 dollars to keep it running for another year. one story, one stranger, hundreds of dinners.
heard at the clubhouse
emmy nominations landed this week, and mariska hargitay's documentary about her mother earned three of them. her response: on behalf of my mom and myself, thank you. we are not crying, you are.
the sunshine page
costa rica has reversed decades of deforestation. forest cover fell below a quarter of the country in the 1980s. today more than half of costa rica is forest again. proof that big things grow back.
also in this week's roundup: one of the most promising tuberculosis vaccines in a century just moved into its final phase of trials. millions of lives could change.
the dress code
editor's pick: the friday studio leggings in daisy yellow ($90). buttery, bright, and made for a golden hour walk before the wind down begins.
the passed note
the three two one wind down: finish big meals three hours before bed, finish work two hours before, and park the phone one hour before. it works even better after a proper sunday reset. send it to your busiest friend.
health is hot.
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