the.com/small hours
The stretch of night where decisions feel profound and inevitably regrettable by morning.
clock originNamed for the low numbers: one, two, three a.m.
body mathCortisol bottoms out, making 3 a.m. feel like dread o'clock.
creative windowMany writers swear by it; the brain censors less.
crime statMost fatal car crashes cluster in these dead hours.