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Oct 16

What a year of tracking my sleep taught me about sleep

By Hari Sreenivasan

It’s 3:45 a.m. as I write this. More than half of Americans surveyed this spring report very good or good sleep quality. Not me. Depending on when you ask, I’d probably fall into the 36 percent who rate their…

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Oct 15

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These hunter-gatherer tribes sleep less than you, and sleep better

By PBS NewsHour

By studying the habits of three hunter-gatherer groups who live much the way humans have for thousands of years, a team of scientists is challenging conventional wisdom about how much sleep we need. Hari Sreenivasan goes to UCLA to learn…

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Oct 15

Did our paleo ancestors sleep better than us?

By Nsikan Akpan

Did the inventions of modern electricity, the light bulb and the Internet lead to less sleep? A new UCLA study of hunter-gatherer populations has a surprising answer.

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Jul 03

The science of sleeping in, and why you probably shouldn’t

By Nsikan Akpan

As part of PBS NewsHour's series on work-life balance, two psychologists weigh the pros and cons of sleeping in over the weekends.

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Jun 29

7 ways to add an extra hour to your day

By Corinne Segal

How can we be so effective in our work, that we’re creating an extra hour for our life outside of work? Here are seven tips.

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Feb 03

Are you getting enough sleep?

By Colleen Shalby

When was the last time you woke up bright-eyed after a solid night’s rest?…

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Jan 13

Here’s another reason to worry about your baby’s nap schedule

By Anna Sillers

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that babies who took an extended nap after learning new behaviors are able to retain new skills better than babies who did not sleep.

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Aug 25

To combat sleep deprivation in students, researchers advocate later school start

By Dave Sloan

The American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending that that middle and high schools abandon the usual 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. start times. With after-school responsibilities that include homework, sports and academic clubs, it becomes increasingly difficult for students to fall…

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Aug 07

Ten-year astronaut sleep study reveals widespread use of sleeping pills in space

By Anna Christiansen

According to the longest sleep study ever conducted in space, astronauts’ use of sleeping pills, like ambien, is extremely high. The decade-long study also revealed space-farers are chronically sleep deficient while in orbit, and during the period leading up to…

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Aug 01

Sleep study shows new moms are dangerously exhausted for months

By Travis Daub

Four months isn’t enough time for new moms to recover from the exhaustion of having a kid, a new study published in PLOSone reports.

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