Sleep

A sleep medicine specialist explains how restless nights lead to consuming more calories and how you can use sleep as a tool for weight loss

Drugs that target wakefulness, molecules in cannabis and wearable devices that modulate brain activity could help people with insomnia

When insomnia took hold of this journalist, she relied on her science reporting to find a medication that (mostly) worked

Snoring indicates oxygen reduction, but a variety of treatments can restore healthy airflow

Scrolling on social media at bedtime is particularly disruptive to sleep. Here’s why

People on TikTok and other social media say they feel more alert when they have had fewer hours of sleep—but sleep scientists warn this is a false sense of energy

The current system of daylight saving time and early school start times wastes billions while causing more car accidents, workplace injuries and health issues

Recurring dreams may feature taking a test the dreamer didn’t study for, having to make a speech or being attacked. Here’s why our sleeping brain comes back to these unpleasant dreams again and again

The winter solstice is the culmination of a period every year when each cell in our body literally craves more light

“Engineering” sleeping consciousness could reduce nightmares, treat insomnia—and even induce specific dreams just for fun

Short sleepers cruise by on four to six hours a night and don’t seem to suffer ill effects. Turns out they’re genetically built to require less sleep than the rest of us

From the “sleepy girl mocktail” to power naps, researchers explained which sleep trends this year really help with quality shut-eye