sleep
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Getting Off (With a Partner) Helps You Doze Off, Study Finds
Scientists in the Netherlands found that sex without orgasm just doesn’t have the same power to induce a good night’s sleep.
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Don’t Watch the Clock When You Can’t Sleep (and Focus on This Instead)
When you can’t sleep, the clock taunts you. “At least I’m getting seven hours,” you might think as you lie down, but if you’re still awake an hour later, then you’re only getting six hours, and six isn’t a lot. And if you’re still not tired, then it’s going to be less than six, and…
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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, and 33 days that supposedly predict how mentally, physically, and actively on-point you’ll be on any given day. It’s all nonsense, but there are other…
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Driving on Less Than 5 Hours of Sleep Is Just as Dangerous as Drunk-Driving, Study Finds
What if you could be fined or lose your license for driving tired? Our new study just published in Nature and Science of Sleep has found if you had less than five hours of sleep last night, you are just as likely to have a vehicle crash as if you were over the legal limit…