If you liked this story, share it with other people. New research based on more than a decade of field observations indicates that wild Sumatran orangutans balance their sleep needs much like humans ...

Modern lifestyles mean many people are sleep deprived on work or school days, and try to 'catch-up' with compensatory sleep on weekends. A new study of more than 90,000 individuals showed that those ...

Have you ever been faced with a difficult decision and been told to “sleep on it”? These grandmotherly words of wisdom can feel frustrating in the moment — but a new study in the journal PLOS Biology ...

Share on Pinterest Could sleeping in on the weekends help lower heart disease risk? Anna Malgina/Stocksy “Catching up” on sleep over the weekend could reduce the risk of heart disease by 20%, a new ...

London, United Kingdom – 29 August 2024: The demands of the working week, often influenced by school or work schedules, can lead to sleep disruption and deprivation. However, new research presented at ...

IT IS HARD to overstate the importance of sleep. Regular hours of rest offer organisms of all sizes a chance to consolidate memories, repair cells and boost the health of their immune systems. But the ...

People in early middle age who have poor sleep quality, including having difficulty falling or staying asleep, have more signs of poor brain health in late middle age, according to a new study. The ...

WASHINGTON — Need another reason to prioritize your sleep? Not spending enough time in the two deep stages of sleep — slow-wave and rapid eye movement sleep — may hasten the deterioration of parts of ...