News Featured Crescent joins forces with BetterUp We’re thrilled to announce the next step in our journey: Crescent is being acquired by BetterUp, the human transformation company that drives peak performance in individuals and organizations through world-class coaching and content.
Cognitive performance Breathing exercises for sleep, stress and relaxation: The link between deep breathing and the parasympathetic nervous system From our friends at Othership: a guide to how breathwork can improve your sleep, stress, and recovery, and the science behind how deep breathing influences your autonomic nervous system!
Physical performance Featured Ultimate Guide for Athletes: Sleep & Exercise, Training, and Recovery More and more athletes at the top of their game are relying on a performance-enhancing — drug free — supplement: healthy, restful sleep.
Sleep tech Featured Guide to Sleep Trackers: Sleep Experts Review, Compare, and Test Top Sleep Trackers We help you decipher how some of the top sleep trackers perform and identify the most useful information you’ll get from each device.
Sleep tech Apple Watch OS9's New Sleep Stages: How Good Is It and What It Means for Your Sleep Sleep experts review Apple Watch's sleep stages tracking feature in the new WatchOS9. How good is the data and what you should know
Spotlights Sleeping like Olympians: Dr. Amy Bender Wants to Awaken the Champion in You This sleep scientist and elite athlete has implemented sleep optimization strategies for Canadian Olympic and pro sports teams. She's now turning her attention to the rest of us.
Protocol guides Protocol: Morning Sunlight Getting outside in the morning (even if it's cloudy) puts a halt to melatonin production, and boosts serotonin which gives you a boost for your day! Our internal clocks...
Spotlights Scientist Dr. Marco Altini on Why You Should Care About HRV HRV4Training helps athletes of all levels—that includes Olympic medalists and you—better balance training and lifestyle stressors to improve performance.
Biological rhythms Rhythms: A New Feature to Help You Understand Your Daily Rhythms Crescent's new feature, Rhythms, helps you track and how you’ll feel all day long. It’s part self-awareness builder, part daily planner, and part coaching aid.
Cognitive performance Can Dreams Help You Solve Problems? When thinking harder doesn't solve a problem, your dreaming mind may dig deep and find a good idea.
Sleep health What's Your True Chronotype? Our modern, plugged-in lifestyle has kind of messed with our chronotypes. Here's why you may need a reset.
Spotlights Turning Data into Performance: How Dr. Sian Allen is making data-driven performance science accessible to everyone Dr. Sian Allen's mission is to make sports science as accessible to the general public as it is to professional athletes.
Sleep health Featured It’s Time to Ditch Sleep Hygiene and Get on Board with Sleep Health Sleep hygiene is not effective and science has so much more to offer. Here's how sleep health can help move us forward.
Nutrition 5 Nutritious Foods That Are Also Good For Your Sleep Did you know what you eat during the day might have an impact on your night's sleep? Here are 5 foods that might help and the research behind them.
Spotlights Doctor's Orders: Behavior Science Founder Dr. Sohaib Imtiaz on How to Improve Your Sleep Health As the founder of the Human Behaviour Club (the largest on Clubhouse), Dr. Sohaib dissects how we interact with tech and health based on behavioral economics and cognitive science.
News Featured Introducing Crescent Health, and our new mobile app experience Bioloop is rebranding to Crescent. Welcome to the new horizon for health.
Sleep health Getting Down to Sleep and Sex One of sleep hygiene's best practices is to only use your bed for sleep and sex. As it turns out, getting more of one will get you more of the other.
Spotlights Mollie McGlocklin Wants to Help Sharpen Your Sleep Skills This wellness influencer would like to spare you from a life without sleep. . . because she's been there.
Spotlights 4 Tips to Optimize Metabolic and Sleep Health from Josh Clemente, Founder of Levels Insights from Josh Clemente, Founder of Levels Health on improving your sleep and metabolic health by taking your glucose levels into account.