From Ikea’s iconic build-your-own furniture to the cozy concept of hygge, it seems like we’re all trying to emulate Scandinavian style. Yet most of us ignore their best idea: the double duvet system. Scandinavians and other Northern Europeans often keep two twin comforters on their beds instead of one big […]
This fall, American biologist Michael Rosbash got a deep sleep-disrupting call from Sweden at 5 a.m. Though disorienting, the news was worth waking up for: He and two fellow scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their research on circadian rhythms. Though Rosbash claims he was surprised that […]
You hit the lights, close your eyes, and boom — just like that, eight hours of your life goes by in the wink of an eye. But in real time it’s not that simple. While we doze, our brain undergoes intense activity as it passes from stage to stage and […]
While babies don’t have urgent work deadlines or TV cliffhangers keeping them up at night, they can be just as sleep deprived as adults come morning. But if it’s not the stress of day-to-day life causing them to toss and turn, what is? The answer goes way beyond dirty diapers. […]