For most people alive today, a “good night’s sleep” means roughly eight uninterrupted hours in a dark room, followed by a single morning wake-up. Yet historical evidence suggests that this pattern is ...

It's a commonly held belief that before artificial lighting, human sleep was 'naturally' divided into two distinct periods, but how true is that?

Research published in the International Journal of Sensor Networks describes a new way to monitor human sleep that relies entirely on the Wi-Fi signals in the home. It promises an entirely ...

Review of This Is Why You Dream: What Your Sleeping Brain Reveals About Your Waking Life, by Rahul Jandial (Penguin Life). Researchers have found that dreaming occurs at all stages of sleep, not just ...

The Russian Sleep Experiment is a viral creepypasta describing a supposed Soviet test where prisoners were kept awake using experimental gas. As days passed, the subjects allegedly descended into ...