Do you have the 'morning person' gene?
Posted on November 29, 2011, at 1:03 PMGerman scientists pinpoint a specific gene that may divide early risers from droopy-eyed nappers
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Does dreaming help us overcome painful memories?
Posted on November 28, 2011, at 4:05 PMIf you dealt with anything unsettling today, new research reinforces the theory that you'll feel better if you take a nap
The $63 billion cost of insomnia: By the numbers
Posted on September 2, 2011, at 10:14 AMWith the average worker losing 11.3 days of productivity to insomnia each year, employers should be losing sleep
Can brain freeze cure insomnia?
Posted on June 15, 2011, at 11:45 AMTwo sleep experts say they've devised a simple way to help insomniacs get some shuteye: Chilling their brains. Will that really work?
Low on sleep? Stop computing before bed
Posted on March 9, 2011, at 6:30 AMA National Sleep Foundation poll suggests our smartphones and laptops are robbing us of much-needed rest
Night owls vs. morning people: Who's smarter?
Posted on November 11, 2010, at 8:45 AMRecent evidence shows that people who thrive at night have higher IQs. Early risers beg to differ
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5 more startling new facts about sleep
Posted on August 24, 2010, at 7:40 AMWho needs more sleep, women or men? And how could playing videogames help cure nightmares? A list of five more recent sleep-related findings
5 startling new facts about sleep
Posted on August 13, 2010, at 1:50 PMAs the summer draws to a drowsy end, here's a bracing roundup of recent scientific findings about sleep
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What's the best way to catch up on lost sleep?
Posted on August 3, 2010, at 11:35 AMCan sleeping in on one weekend morning make up for a week of scant rest? New research offers answers...
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What is 'sleep sex'?
Posted on June 9, 2010, at 4:05 PMMedical researchers are trying to learn more about sexsomnia — a condition that causes suffers to engage in sex acts while fast asleep
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Going to work sleepy: As bad as showing up drunk?
Posted on May 6, 2010, at 11:55 AMIn America's culture of "sleep machismo," we're working more, but sleeping less — and new research shows drowsiness is as risky as drunkenness
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Why aren't we sleeping enough?
Posted on March 12, 2010, at 7:40 AMOn average, Americans get far less sleep than we need. Are we choosing TV and the internet over sex and Zzz's?
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Race and sleep: 11 surprising facts
Posted on March 12, 2010, at 7:33 AMWhite men are the earliest risers — except on weekends (when black women beat them out of bed by 52 minutes)
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10 famous insomniacs
Posted on March 10, 2010, at 1:22 PMA list of celebrities and politicians who can't — or didn't — sleep, and the methods they've used to cope. (Turpentine-soaked mattress, anyone?)
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Confessions of a (Facebook-mad) night owl
Posted on March 10, 2010, at 11:32 AMIn this heartfelt New York Times essay, insomniac author Lily Burana admits to a late-night Facebook addiction and other sleep-deprivation woes
Andy Warhol's 'Sleep'
Posted on March 10, 2010, at 1:07 AMA scene from Warhol's legendary 1963 film about a man who (actually) sleeps
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