Sleep
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Reverse sleep ins and other hacks for parents who can’t get enough sleep
If your kids have you tired all the time, try some of these ideas to help you catch up on sleep and feel better.
- by Kimberly Gillan
At least one in five people don’t know they have this sleep problem
You might be tired every day and not even realise there’s a solution, with new research showing sleep apnoea is strongly under-diagnosed.
- by Sarah Berry
Opinion
Mindfulness
White noise, green lights and a silk mask: Sleeping is more exhausting than ever
I have reached the age where falling asleep requires a full Vivid Festival style production.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Struggling to nod off? You might want to work on your ‘sleep hygiene’
The term refers to behaviour that can help your brain switch off and allow it to enter ‘sleep mode’.
- by Evelyn Lewin
‘Time flew by’: Beatriz spent 500 days in a cave so we can sleep better
A Spanish athlete set a world record in an underground isolation study. And she didn’t want to come out.
- by James Badcock
Why this BBC radio show sends me to sleep
The Shipping Forecast provides a soothing soporific for the insomniac.
- by Grace Linden
The skincare treatments that do their best work when you’re sleeping
Take advantage of the skin’s innate repair system.
- by Stephanie Darling
Analysis
MyCareer
Multi-purpose bedrooms bad for our sleep
Our bedrooms aren’t refuges anymore – working, studying and eating in them is bad for our sleep.
- by Christian Tietz and Demet Dincer
Bed is for sex and sleep and nothing else: Dr Michael Mosley
The BBC documentary maker argues anyone with trouble sleeping needs to retrain their brain about bedtime.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Exclusive
Biology
The weight of evidence against shift work is getting hefty
New research out of Monash University has added to the evidence suggesting shift work can harm your health. So, can we be doing things better? Should we stop non-essential shift work altogether?
- by Aisha Dow