Carcolepsy: Why Do We Get Sleepy in Cars

Thanks to for sponsoring this episode. Head to to see all of team management features and select a plan thats right for your organization Have you ever been driving down the highway and start to notice that you re feeling really relaxed, even sleepy It turns out there are number of aspects of driving that can potentially conspire to lull our bodies into a potentially dangerous state of drowsiness. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D. A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet Facebook: Twitter: Tumblr: Instagram: Sources: