Why is it So Hard to Wake Up in the Morning?
Wakey Wakey Sleeping in on the weekend makes it harder to get up on Monday. Tim Roberts/Getty Images It's not necessarily laziness that makes people hit the "snooze" button in the morning. Most...
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I Love Sleeping Fernando de SousaA husband's snoring might keep his wife awake, but there are a couple of reasons he'll sleep through his own rumblings. Our ability to sleep through loud noises...
View ArticleRobotic Pillow Cradles Your Head With Machine Comfort
Robot Pillow Susannah F. Locke There are plenty of pillows out there designed to properly cradle the weary noggins of back sleepers or side sleepers or front sleepers. Today, I saw one that does both....
View ArticleArchive Gallery: The Science of Sleep
Somnambulating, July 1919PopSci rounded up a veritable who's who of sleepwalkers for this story on somnambulism, or activities performed by sleeping people. Here are some of the most fantastic tales:...
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Sleepy Charidy / YouTube Using your smartphone at night might not be the smartest plan. A pair of studies found that people who used the devices after 9 p.m. were more tired and less engaged at work...
View ArticleWhy is it So Hard to Wake Up in the Morning?
It's not necessarily laziness that makes people hit the "snooze" button in the morning. Most likely, your body clock is mismatched with the demands of your life. Your clock…
View ArticleFYI: Why Don’t Loud Snorers Wake Themselves Up?
A husband's snoring might keep his wife awake, but there are a couple of reasons he'll sleep through his own rumblings. …
View ArticleRobotic Pillow Cradles Your Head With Machine Comfort
There are plenty of pillows out there designed to properly cradle the weary noggins of back sleepers or side sleepers or front sleepers. Today, I saw one that does both. The intelliPillow is a...
View ArticleNighttime Smartphone Use Can Sap Next Day's Energy
Using your smartphone at night might not be the smartest plan. A pair of studies found that people who used the devices after 9 p.m. were more tired and less engaged at…
View ArticleSleep Deprivation Can Give You The Munchies
Health Just like marijuana does Scientists have found a cause behind our affinity for eating after not enough sleep: Sleep deprivation alters the endocannabinoid system, a series of receptors that…
View ArticleDisgusting Things Are Living On Your Dirty Bedsheets
Health Go wash them Vice asked experts, who painted a pretty horrible picture of everything that goes on on unwashed sheets. Think mites are bad? Well they're eating dead skin cells and…
View ArticlePeople Who Claim They're Fine With Little Sleep May Be Fooling Themselves
Health Sleep's a mystery, but this study reveals worrisome new patterns Attention everyone who's smugly proclaimed that they "just don't need a full night's sleep."…
View ArticleWild elephants will sleep when they’re dead
Animals They may get less shut-eye than any other mammal Wild elephants can’t be bothered with sleep. A new study suggests that they may sleep less than any other mammal, snoozing for around two hours...
View ArticleWhy is it So Hard to Wake Up in the Morning?
Science Our FYI experts tackle your burning questions . . . with the power of science! It's not necessarily laziness that makes people hit the "snooze" button in the morning. Most likely, your body...
View ArticleFYI: Why Don’t Loud Snorers Wake Themselves Up?
Science A husband's snoring might keep his wife awake, but there are a couple of reasons he'll sleep through his own rumblings. A husband's snoring might keep his wife awake, but there are a couple of...
View ArticleRobotic Pillow Cradles Your Head With Machine Comfort
Technology Who doesn't like putting their head on technology? There are plenty of pillows out there designed to properly cradle the weary noggins of back sleepers or side sleepers or front sleepers....
View ArticleNighttime Smartphone Use Can Sap Next Day's Energy
Gadgets It may be better for all concerned to avoid work emails late at night. Using your smartphone at night might not be the smartest plan. A pair of studies found that people who used the devices...
View ArticleSleep Deprivation Can Give You The Munchies
Health Just like marijuana does Scientists have found a cause behind our affinity for eating after not enough sleep: Sleep deprivation alters the endocannabinoid system, a series of receptors that…
View ArticleDisgusting Things Are Living On Your Dirty Bedsheets
Health Go wash them Vice asked experts, who painted a pretty horrible picture of everything that goes on on unwashed sheets. Think mites are bad? Well they're eating dead skin cells and…
View ArticlePeople Who Claim They're Fine With Little Sleep May Be Fooling Themselves
Health Sleep's a mystery, but this study reveals worrisome new patterns Attention everyone who's smugly proclaimed that they "just don't need a full night's sleep."…
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