iPhone's Night Shift mode might be hurting instead of helping you, study suggests

In Jan. 2016, Apple introduced a new iOS option called Night Shift. It reduces the blue light emitted by your phone/tablet's display, which should, ideally, reduce the strain on your eyes while you're using the device late at night. And basically every Android phone maker soon followed suit with a similar feature. 

But a new study by researchers from the University of Manchester (via The Guardian) suggests that features like Night Shift might be doing more harm than good. 

The study was published in Current Biology and can be found here. 

The logic behind the study, which is based on experiments performed on mice, is simple: we encounter more yellow light during the day (because, you know, the sun), while twilight is more blue. Thus, our bodies are more likely to associate blue light with bed time.  Read more...