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The best sunrise alarm clocks

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The best alarm clocks for heavy sleepers

a black and white ghostly image of a jumping spider hanging by a thin silk strand in a sleep-like state

Jumping spiders might be able to sleep—perchance to dream

By Lauren J. Young

Person with long brown hair sleeping on gray pillows after taking a melatonin supplement

Yes, you can overdose on melatonin. Here’s how to use the sleep supplements safely.

By Kate Baggaley

A woman wearing a gray top stretching while she sits up in bed in the morning in front of an open window.

4 gadgets that will wake you up better than your phone

Two middle-age people with brown skin laughing on a park bench

The secret to avoiding a midlife crisis

By Soomi Lee / The Conversation

A blonde woman in a white bathrobe smiling and lying on a white bed in a blue room.

Redesign your bedroom for a better night’s sleep

By Alexandra Frost

Lucid dreaming may help treat PTSD. VR can make that happen.

Lucid dreaming may help treat PTSD. VR can make that happen.

By Isobel Whitcomb

A small child, a toddler, sleeping.

For better sleep, borrow the bedtime routine of a toddler

By Hasan Merali

All the ways daylight saving time screws with you

By Elana Spivack, Margo Milanowski, Sara Chodosh

A person in a hammock between two trees, with another hammock above him, on a shoreline at sunset.

All the ways tech can help you relax

A black-haired woman with her hair in a bun, sitting in bed with neck pain.

The best sleeping position for minimizing aches and pains

By Eleanor Cummins

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Best headphones for sleeping

By Carsen Joenk

Kid and puppy taking a nap on the couch as part of a healthy sleep schedule

How to get your kids on a healthy sleep schedule

By Jean Levasseur

A man snoring in a white bed, while a woman angrily holds a pillow over her ears next to him.

How to stop snoring and spread the gift of better sleep

By Whitson Gordon

Exercise, brainwaves, light, headaches, and more affect sleep

5 reasons you can’t sleep

By Eleanor Cummins

Frustrated couple in bed

How to share a bed with a restless sleeper

By Jennifer Billock

A TV with the Stranger Things title screen on it, in a dark room bathed in purple light. Exactly what you might see if you're binge-watching instead of going to sleep.

How to stream movies and shows without destroying your sleep

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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

People used to drink a very specific kind of urine to treat motion sickness

By Popular Science Team

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Make your own custom weighted blanket for the ultimate sleep

By Vanessa Nirode

couple waking up to alarm

Choose an alarm app that will actually wake you up

Octopus change color as they shift between sleep phases

By Ellie Shechet

a man and a woman lay sleeping in bed

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

You get brainwashed whenever you go to sleep (and that’s a good thing)

By Popular Science Team

A man sleeping in a bed on a pillow with a white blanket.

Take the best naps, with science

By John Kennedy

a person staring at a smartphone screen

How your daily screen time affects your wellbeing

By Claire Maldarelli

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Skip the wearables and track your sleep with these 5 apps

a woman lays back in a bath tub while looking relaxed

To take the most relaxing bath ever, add some healthy tips

By Rachel Feltman

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How your brain conjures dreams

By Lindzi Wessel

Astrocytes in the brain expressing a fluorescent calcium indicator captured with a two-photon microscope.

Why do brains need sleep? These ‘twinkling’ star-shaped cells may help us find out

By Rachael Zisk

Louis Armstrong playing a trumpet

Time isn’t real. Here’s how people capitalized on that.

By Ainissa Ramirez

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No one knows what a perfect night’s sleep actually looks like

By Claire Maldarelli

Sleepy brunette woman waking up and rubbing her eyes.

Why it’s tough to sleep in after a night of drinking

By Sara Kiley Watson

Person sleeping on plane with open window

Master the art of sleeping on planes

By Harry Guinness

The only detox you need is sleep—but it’s not totally clear why

The only detox you need is sleep—but it’s not totally clear why

How to keep screen light from disrupting your sleep

How to keep screen light from disrupting your sleep

By Phillip Yuhas/The Conversation

This sleeping octopus twitches in technicolor—but is she dreaming?

This sleeping octopus twitches in technicolor—but is she dreaming?

Stress and sleeplessness has been a problem since the Victorian era

Stress and sleeplessness has been a problem since the Victorian era

By Sally Shuttleworth/The Conversation

The wrong kind of sleep could keep you dwelling on bad memories

The wrong kind of sleep could keep you dwelling on bad memories

Zebrafish could teach humans a lot about the science of sleep

Zebrafish could teach humans a lot about the science of sleep

By Donavyn Coffey

The weirdest things we learned this week: Two sleeps are better than one

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: Two sleeps are better than one

By Popular Science Team

How to lucid dream, and why you’d want to

How to lucid dream, and why you’d want to

By Achilleas Pavlou/The Conversation

17 minutes outside a day keeps the doctor away

17 minutes outside a day keeps the doctor away

By Donavyn Coffey

Hitting snooze confuses your brain more than waking up

Hitting snooze confuses your brain more than waking up

By Steven Bender/The Conversation

Pilots sleeping in the cockpit could improve airline safety

Pilots sleeping in the cockpit could improve airline safety

By Scott Winter and Stephen Rice/The Conversation

Stop blaming blue light for all your problems

Stop blaming blue light for all your problems

By Alex Schwartz

How to keep jet lag from ruining your vacation

Living on the wrong end of a time zone could hurt your health

Living on the wrong end of a time zone could hurt your health

By Richard G. "Bugs" Stevens / The Conversation

Think you can survive on five hours’ sleep? Keep dreaming.

Think you can survive on five hours’ sleep? Keep dreaming.

By Nicole Wetsman

Sleeping with your screens on is bad for you, whether you know it or not

Sleeping with your screens on is bad for you, whether you know it or not

By Stan Horaczek

teen girls sitting cross-legged on the ground

Teens need more sleep than you realize

By Wendy Hall/The Conversation

If fruit flies live without sleeping, why can’t I?

If fruit flies live without sleeping, why can’t I?

Why do people need to sleep?

Why do people need to sleep?

By Claire Maldarelli

It’s possible to get too much sleep, but don’t let that keep you up at night

By Sara Chodosh

Lack of sleep looks the same as severe anxiety in the brain

Lack of sleep looks the same as severe anxiety in the brain

By Dana G. Smith

a many trying to sleep

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: deadly insomnia, the prettiest poop, and emergency beekeepers

By Rachel Feltman

Millions of Americans are sleep-deprived, but stressing over it won’t help.

Millions of Americans are sleep-deprived, but stressing over it won’t help.

By Brandon Peters-Mathews / The Conversation

Psychologists are trying to figure out why we don’t go to sleep (even when we want to)

Psychologists are trying to figure out why we don’t go to sleep (even when we want to)

By Kate Baggaley

These are the actual side effects of Ambien

By Sara Chodosh

a woman sleeping

Sleeping in on the weekend might be good for you, but it’s not going to fix all your problems

a woman working on her laptop at night

If you love staying up late and sleeping in, doing otherwise might actually hurt your health

By Neel V. Patel

woman napping on a couch

Learn how to take a nap because they’re really beneficial

By Eleanor Cummins

What if hibernating animals formed an orchestra and performed a symphony about their winter’s sleep?

What if hibernating animals formed an orchestra and performed a symphony about their winter’s sleep?

By Tom McNamara

A fish that barely sleeps could help turn humans into all-night party animals

A fish that barely sleeps could help turn humans into all-night party animals

By Claire Maldarelli

Archive Gallery: The Science of Sleep

Archive Gallery: The Science of Sleep