References and Further Reading

Jet Lag

Books

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Volume 2, ed. by George Adelman, 1987.

The Terror That Comes in the Night, David J. Hufford, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989.

Journal and Magazine Articles

Larkin, M. Sleep Paralysis Linked to Anxiolytics Use, The Lancet, April 17, 1999 p 1334.

Fukuda, K. One Explanatory Basis for the Discrepancy of Reported Prevalences of Sleep Paralysis Among Healthy Respondents, Perceptual and Motor Skills, December 1993, p 803(5).

Kirschstein, R. Sleep Research Has Broad Sweep, The Journal of the American Medical Association, September 8, 1993, p 1172.

Falk, W.B. That Alien Feeling, Newsday, April 12, 1993, p 44.

Dahlitz, M. and Parkes, J.D. Sleep Paralysis, The Lancet, February 13, 1993, p 406(2).

Newspaper Articles

The Joy of Jet Lag by Martha Stevenson Olson, The New York Times, January 16, 2000, sec. 5, p 5.

Oiling the Gears for the Body's Clock by Eric Nagourney, The New York Times, November 9, 1999, sec. F, p 8.

Alien Abduction? Science Calls it Sleep Paralysis by Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, July 6, 1999, sec. F, p 1.

Biologists Close In on the 'Tick-Tock' Genes by Sandra Blakeslee, The New York Times, December 15, 1998, sec. F, p 3.

New Hope for the Losers in the Battle to Stay Awake by Erica Goode, The New York Times, November 3, 1998, sec. F, p 1.

Study Offers Surprise on Working of Body's Clock by Sandra Blakeslee, The New York Times, January 16, 1998, sec. A, p 20.

There's Nothing Rare About Sleep Paralysis by Dr. Paul Donohue, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 18, 1997.

Business Travel; The Fight Against Jet Lag Gets Technical, As a Sleep-Disorder Clinic Starts an Evaluation of a Possible Aid by Edwin McDowell, The New York Times, October 18, 1995, sec. D, p 8.

To Sleep, Perchance to Stay Awake in Class by Lynda Richardson, The New York Times, December 27, 1995, sec. A, p 1.

Websites

NASA website about jet-lag studies
http://olias.arc.nasa.gov/zteam/fcp/FCP-history-crs.htmll

Fireflies

Books

Insect Lives: Stories of Mystery and Romance from a Hidden World, ed. by Erich Hoyt and Ted Schultz, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1999.

Magazine Articles

Tweit, S.J. Dance of the Fireflies, Audubon July-August 1999, p. 26-31.

Stewart, I. The Synchronicity of Firefly Flashing, Scientific American March 1999, p. 104-106.

Milus, S. U.S. Fireflies Flashing in Unison, Science News, March 13, 1999, p. 168.

Mlot, C. Spiders spurn firefly femmes fatales, Science News, Sep 27, 1997, p. 200.

Newspaper Articles

Survival of Baby Fireflies by Karen Hsu, The New York Times, July 8, 1997, sec. C, p. 5.

A Good Meal, Plus by Gina Kolata, The New York Times, September 2, 1997, sec. C, p. 4.

Websites:

Genetics Science Learning Center, University of Utah
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/

The Bioluminescence Web Page
http://lifesci.ucsb.edu/~biolum/

The Firefly Files, Ohio State University
http://iris.biosci.ohio-state.edu/projects/FFiles/