For most people alive today, a “good night’s sleep” means roughly eight uninterrupted hours in a dark room, followed by a single morning wake-up. Yet historical evidence suggests that this pattern is ...

Can knowledge of how our ancestors slept truly lead us to a life of more natural—and healthy —sleeping patterns? Authors on the Internet have been exploring that possibility, writing a spate of recent ...

“And the night coming on, we will lead you to their Bed Chambers and shew you how they sleep. About which they are not very curious….They are so little given to sleep, that they do rise many times in ...

About a year into the pandemic, Marcela Rafea began waking up consistently at 3am, her mind racing. She would creep out of bed and tiptoe into the living room, where she would meditate, try a few yoga ...

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