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Did you know that not getting enough sleep can actually make you hungrier? According to sleep scientist Matt Walker, the relationship between what you eat and your sleep is a two-way street. Here's…

TED Original Series dive deep into fascinating topics -- from the future of work and how to achieve a more secure financial future to the secrets of sleep and how your body really works. Here, the ten…

You can't control every factor—but you can set yourself up for the best sleep possible.

«What you do leading up to 11:30 counts, too. Try unwinding for an hour before bed.»

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«We’re not idiots because we stay up into the night; we’re in search of something important; the problem isn’t what we’re looking for but the fact that we can’t find it this way.»

Not getting enough sleep can have serious consequences, but people’s lifestyles often show a worrying disregard for the human body’s natural wake/sleep patterns. In this informative and entertaining article, health media guru and senior editor at The Atlantic James Hamblin, MD, looks at people’s paradoxical relationship to sleep and explains the physical and mental effects of their attempts to meddle with their body’s natural rhythms. getAbstract recommends this article to anyone looking to understand what happens to the brain and body when sleep proves elusive.

This sleep technique helped WWII fighter pilots relax and unwind on the battlefield.

Trying to drown out a noisy street with pink noise? You might be making things worse. New research indicates combining environmental noise with continuous pink noise degrades overall sleep…

If you use the sleep scores on your smartwatch, use it on your terms. Check the weekly trend, note what helps, then close the app and go live your day.

The very technology that is designed to help us sleep may actually be doing the opposite. Orthosomnia is when fixation on perfect sleep actually disrupts sleep and causes anxiety.

For over a decade, this image-based technique has helped people switch off their busy brains and fall asleep at night. How exactly does it play upon the mind?

It’s a popular one too.

One of the most important things I have learned about living is that, in any life of purpose and creative vitality, you must be as religious and disciplined about your sleep as about your work. And…

A new study upends conventional wisdom about how much sleep is needed for optimal health.

Low on sleep? Non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) is a portable, free tool that calms and restores your brain and body. Use it to make up for lost sleep or feel more refreshed at any time.

«Naps can also worsen insomnia by reducing accumulated sleep pressure on the brain»

To truly understand sleep's role in well-being, scientists are looking directly at the brain. A new study combines detailed sleep data with brain imaging to investigate how individual differences in…

We know we need sleep, yet we often fight it. This is why, and how we can restore balance.

Insomnia has become a public-health emergency.

A few years ago, I started waking up at three o’clock every morning. Over the years, I’d read many articles about the importance of rest, so I knew the research was unequivocal: Quality sleep supports…

We all need sleep to maintain our physical and mental health and perform our best. So it’s unsurprising that there’s no shortage of content out there about how to improve your sleep. Unfortunately, so…

As a high achiever, your problem-solving skills can backfire at night. You need a different way to beat insomnia

Sleep has a more powerful role in language-learning than was previously thought. What does this reveal about our night-time brain?