Sleep and mood are tightly connected to one another. Every single one of us is painfully aware of…
Thousands of years ago, Hippocrates suggested that sleep appeared to improve recovery from illness. Yet despite this ancient…
On the surface, sleep looks like a colossal waste of time. Think about it. We spend about a…
Sleep is essential and universal, and has been so for our entire existence as a species. Yet there…
Sleep is a paradox - or at least it seems that way when examined from an evolutionary standpoint.…
Did you get enough sleep last night? If not, you are not alone. Self-reported sleep data suggests that…
We all occasionally have periods of time in which we don’t get as much sleep as we’d like.…
In the third and final instalment of this series, we look back on what we learned about circadian…
From time to time I struggle to fall asleep. Sometimes this is because of something to do with…
Why do we need to sleep? Part of what makes sleep so fascinating, as a field of research,…