Sleep expert Matthew Walker has a very serious message for Americans. If you’re regularly sleeping less than seven hours a night, says the professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of ...
Short sleepers, who make up less than one per cent of the population, spend significantly less time snoozing without any ...
A new study has found that getting an insufficient amount of sleep on a long-term basis is shortening our lives. The study, conducted by Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), indicates that ...
Queen Rihanna once said that she only gets three or four hours sleep a night, while Sydney Sweeney claims that she can cope on just two. Meanwhile, Jamie Oliver told The Times he has ‘the worst ...
If you’ve ever suffered a night of poor sleep—like, you got about three hours less than you wanted—you may have found yourself in a doom spiral, thinking that you’ll never sleep well again (been there ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most of us treat sleep like it’s a simple budget item: we ...
Americans may not be so bleary-eyed after all. According to Withings, a maker of health tracking devices, Americans are falling asleep these days at 11:32PM and waking up at 7:22AM—nearly a solid ...
How does your brain know when it's time to sleep? There are two main factors: Hours Awake. The longer you've been awake, the stronger your drive for sleep. Circadian Rhythm. Your body operates on a ...
The following story is excerpted from TIME’s special edition, The Science of Sleep, which is available at Amazon. Anyone who has nodded off on the subway, faked alertness in a meeting at work or ...