Good Night's DespairPeople Are Sleeping Less Because of High Temperatures Globally, Shows Research “Our bodies are highly adapted to maintain a stable core body temperature, something that our lives depend on.” By Saumya Kalia
Let Me Sleep On it FirstWhy ‘Sleep on It’ Is Good Advice For Stressful Situations "Sleep... help[s] us solve problems by accessing information that is remote to the initial problem [and] may not be initially brought to mind." By Devrupa Rakshit
Early to BedWaking Up Early Is Linked to Reduced Risk of Depression, Research Suggests The study surveyed 840,000 people to show why -- and to what extent -- someone's sleep timing influences their mental health. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Dream A Little DreamOctopuses Can Dream, But Only for a Few Seconds: Study The finding is one of several new studies to suggest animal's brains function more similarly to human's than previously thought. By Liesl Goecker
Sleep Is On The AgendaNapping Isn’t Lazy; It’s Genetic, Researchers Find A new large-scale study of napping habits and genomes suggests "daytime napping is biologically driven and not just an environmental or behavioral choice." By Devrupa Rakshit
Can't Get UpAll You Need to Know About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome It's more than just feeling tired. By Devrupa Rakshit
Going Back To BedWhy Do Some People Get Headaches in the Morning? It's too early for a tension headache, but there are a few other reasons why you might wake up with a headache. By Aditi Murti
Tossing And TurningWhite Noise Doesn’t Necessarily Aid a Good Night’s Sleep, Says Study If anything, the constant auditory stimulation of white noise seems to disrupt sleep, suggests a meta-analysis of 38 studies. By Devrupa Rakshit
Crying Myself To SleepWhy Do We Feel So Tired After A Good Cry? When we cry, our heart rate increases and breathing slows down, reducing the amount of oxygen the brain receives, which leads to drowsiness. By Devrupa Rakshit
Between The SheetsIs This Normal? “I Can Only Sleep If I’m Covered With A Blanket or Sheet” There are behavioral and physiological components to the need to cover ourselves with a blanket or sheet while sleeping. By Devrupa Rakshit
Forgotten DreamsWhy Can’t We Remember Our Dreams? People have on average 4-6 dreams per night, and forget most of them. By Devrupa Rakshit
Dream A LittleMIT Researchers Just Created a Device that Can Alter Dreams Whether these technologies and techniques become accessible, affordable, and controllable in individual homes remains to be seen. By Rajvi Desai
No Pillow TalkIs This Normal? “I Hate Sleeping On a Pillow” Turns out, choosing the right pillow for your body and sleep habits is exceedingly complicated. By Aditi Murti
Nocturnal BeingsWoe Is Me! “I Simply Cannot Sleep Before the Crack of Dawn” A series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
Booster ShotWhy Do We Instinctively Stretch When We Wake Up? The act, known as pandiculating, is the body's way of restoring conscious, voluntary control over our muscles. By Anubhuti Matta
Nap Time!Why We Feel Sleepy After Lunch By afternoon, humans' circadian rhythm is in recharge mode, which makes us want to sleep. By Rajvi Desai
Free FallWhy Your Body Jerks In the Transition from Wakefulness to Sleep Hypnic jerks are involuntary muscle movements that may have an evolutionary link to an ancient primate reflex. By Anubhuti Matta
Strange TerrorsNightmares Amid the Covid19 Pandemic Could Be Due to Trauma, Overload of Information Nightmares occur during R.E.M. sleep, when the brain's suppression systems relax and allow us process our feelings. By Aditi Murti