16 stories tagged sleep, newest first.
97 points by amichail | 23 comments
ScienceDaily article on a University of Kentucky mouse study finding that depleting microglia restored over two hours of daily sleep in Alzheimer's models without clearing plaques.
150 points by luu | 142 comments
Blog post by Jeff Kaufman arguing that small air purifiers make good white noise machines while also filtering smoke and infectious particles.
28 points by throw0101a | 34 comments
Sci.News article on a Canadian analysis urging permanent standard time over permanent daylight saving time, warning darker winter mornings could harm sleep and mental health.
5 points by NaOH | 0 comments
A 2021 SAGE journal article reviewing the fundamentals of how light entrains the human circadian clock; the capture shows a Cloudflare verification page.
654 points by bilsbie | 338 comments
A 2023 study in the journal SLEEP finding that sleep regularity predicts mortality risk better than sleep duration; the capture shows a Cloudflare verification page.
380 points by reaperducer | 116 comments
Podcast page for Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep, a sleep-oriented show hosted by Zoe Kurland and Christopher Dyer.
366 points by downbad_ | 184 comments
Piotr Wozniak's long SuperMemo article synthesizing sleep research with practical advice for learning, creativity, free-running sleep and sleep disorders.
603 points by peterkshultz | 181 comments
Andrej Karpathy's 2013 guide offering advice to undergraduate students on doing well in courses, covering sleep, studying habits, and exam preparation.
555 points by A_D_E_P_T | 270 comments
Derek Lowe's In the Pipeline blog post on Science discussing a recent paper linking the biochemical origin of sleep pressure to mitochondria.
919 points by jonatron | 603 comments
University of York news release on a study for a Channel 4 documentary finding a school smartphone ban improved children's sleep and mood.
407 points by amin | 170 comments
Personal essay arguing sleep can be engineered to be more efficient, drawing on Familial Natural Short Sleep mutations that let people sleep less without harm.
336 points by gmays | 218 comments
Nature news article reporting that after a heart attack, immune cells stimulate sleep neurons in the brain, inducing deep restorative sleep that aids healing.
396 points by PaulHoule | 129 comments
Yale News article on a study showing how the brain replays and bundles waking experiences during sleep.
337 points by hdevarajan | 207 comments
A JAMA Medical News in Brief item reporting that brain waves during sleep appear to help flush waste from the brain in mice.
418 points by clouddrover | 381 comments
Monash University news article reporting a study finding that each 1% yearly loss of deep sleep in people over 60 is linked to a 27% higher dementia risk.
323 points by andsoitis | 170 comments
BBC News health article reporting research suggesting that regular daytime naps are associated with better brain health.