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Julian Barnes wrote about the idea in a short story, ‘The Silence,’ published in 2004.
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Dan Sheehan,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
Another study published last year in the World Journal of Pediatrics found that the long-term effects of melatonin on children are simply unknown, despite skyrocketing use in pediatric populations globally.