After reading Maria Konnikova’s post about the science of sleep yesterday morning, I couldn’t get any shut-eye. She points out that, since the nineteen-eighties, the amount of time spent sleeping has ...

In a flurry of articles published in the LA Times, USA Today and elsewhere, journalists report a few months ago, we learned of a a surprising finding described in a recent article in the scholarly ...

Watching TV cartoons can disrupt the sleep of young kids. June 27, 2011— -- Saturday morning cartoons may seem harmless enough, but allow preschoolers to watch some of the superhero and slapstick ...

Swapping out Batman for Big Bird could help young kids sleep. Aug. 6, 2012— -- Swapping out Batman for Big Bird could help young kids sleep better, a new study found. The study of sleep habits ...

I had trouble sleeping the other night, so I figured I might as well put my insomnia to good use by reading Ian Parker’s article “The Big Sleep,” to see if it could help with my memoir “Too Little ...

Fitbit is launching a new Sleep Profile feature for premium members that will categorize users as one of six animal characters, the company announced today. Users are grouped based on 10 sleep metrics ...

“Sometimes,” said Walt Disney, “we can recognize ourselves in animals. That’s what makes them so interesting.” He was more right than he knew. One group of people may have had particular insight into ...

Sleep prep — an Amy Hwang cartoon on facebook (opens in a new window) Sleep prep — an Amy Hwang cartoon on linkedin (opens in a new window) ...