You Need to Book a ‘Sleep Vacation’
Vacations are supposed to be relaxing, but increasingly, they just…aren’t. Over 90 percent of people in a recent study admitted that travel stresses them out, for reasons that are obvious:…
How to Survive the Summer When Summer Makes You Miserable
According to all the hot girl and boy summer chatter on social media, many people looove the summer. They bask in the bright sun, revel in the heat, and don’t…
Biorhythms Aren’t Real, But ‘Peaks’ of Productivity Can Be
You know a theory is janky when even its Wikipedia page has “(pseudoscience)” behind its name in the title. That’s the case with so-called “biorhythms,” or periods of 23, 28,…
Some Melatonin Gummies Are Way Stronger Than Advertised
If you’ve ever felt like your melatonin gummies hit harder than you expected, it’s possible that you didn’t actually take the dose you thought you did. In a recent study,…
Prepare Now so the Time Change Is Less Jarring
Photo: Zsolt Biczo (Shutterstock) Sadly, we did not manage to abolish time changes in time to avoid the one that’s coming up this weekend, so most of us in the…
How to Change Yourself from a Night Person Into a Morning Person (Maybe)
Photo: Azami Adiputera (Shutterstock) Sleep researchers say about a third of us are night owls, a third of us are early-risers, and the rest of us can go either way.…
How to Help Your Teen Survive Early School Start Times
Photo: tommaso79 (Shutterstock) Even though countless experts, including the American Association of Pediatrics, say that high schools should not start so ding-dang early in the morning, many still do. That…
It’s Past Time to Normalize Naps
Photo: Fersurfer (Shutterstock) With global temperatures likely to rise significantly over the coming decades and the American workplace still reeling from the pandemic, there has never been a better time…
Is It Safe to Give Kids Melatonin?
Photo: The Image Party (Shutterstock) When you become a parent, you quickly realize the importance of sleep, mostly because your kids (and by extension, you) just aren’t getting enough of…
How Bad Is It to Fall Asleep to the TV?
Photo: tommaso79 (Shutterstock) There are two kinds of people in the world, and I’m the kind that cannot fall asleep if a TV is playing anywhere near me. Fortunately, I…