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Device from MIT Startup Helps People Fall Asleep–Putting Your Mind on ‘Do Not Disturb’
A team of MIT graduates has invented a commercial device that will give an alternative to sleeping pills for those who struggle to sleep.
It's...
Boy with Rare Skin Condition Can Sleep with Eyes Closed for The First Time in 7 Years
This little boy from Nevada is pictured here before a life-changing surgery that allowed him to blink and sleep with his eyes closed—for the...
I’m Creating Tiny Homes to End Sleeping on the Street After My Brother Became Homeless
A man is making tiny homes on wheels to provide innovative shelter for unhoused people—inspired after his brother became homeless.
Ryan Donais started building the...
5,000 Are Now Sleeping with Roof Over Their Head Thanks to Oregon Task Force Slashing Homelessness
Nearly 5,500 Oregonians have been moved out of homelessness and into housing thanks to persistence from a recently-appointed task force.
This amounts to a 28%...
Need a Moment of Zen? Watch a Sleepy Hippo Enjoying a Fish Spa Treatment
A sleepy hippo taking an underwater nap while being groomed by a school of fish is just the ‘moment of zen’ we needed on...
4-month-old Baby Sucked Up into Tornado is Found Asleep and Unharmed in a ‘Cradle’ of Fallen Tree Limbs
Sydney Moore watched as the bassinet containing her infant son Lord followed the roof of her mobile home up into the funnel of a...
Missing Toddler Found Sleeping in Woods with Dog as A Pillow After Walking 3 Miles Barefoot
After a frantic four hours of search and rescue, a two-year-old toddler from Michigan was found sleeping in the woods amid sweet dreams, fairy...
Man Takes His Turkey Everywhere: Inseparable Companions Even In the Pub and Sleeping at Home (Watch)
Animal lover Dave Brooker goes everywhere with his beloved pet turkey that has followed him everywhere from the pub to the dentist since she...
Smell of Simple Fragrance While Sleeping Produces Major Memory Boost in Older Adults
When a fragrance wafted through the bedrooms of older adults for two hours every night for six months, memories skyrocketed. Participants in the study...
Groundbreaking Trial of Cannabinol Product Shows Better Than Melatonin For Sleep
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Conducted by two private companies beyond...
Octopuses Have Remarkably Similar Sleep Patterns to Humans–and May Even Dream
Researchers found that, like us, the octopus transitions between two sleep stages, a "quiet" stage and an "active" stage that resembles REM sleep in...
Dutchman Starts Overnight Sleeper-Train Operation Throughout Europe: A Hostel on Rails
Tonight, Europe will experience a little resurrection—the first privately-run overnight sleeper train service will take passengers and their dreams aboard a Brussels to Berlin...
Top Strategies to Beat Snoring, According to New Poll of Sleepless Adults
52% of American adults either snore or have a partner who does, according to a new poll, and 72% of them have resorted to...
Five Key Sleeping Habits That Can ‘Add Years’ to Your Life Identified by Scientists
If you are young or old, you can improve your overall health—and probably add years to your life—when you cultivate a full array of...
Top Ways That People are Improving Their Sleep Routines in 2023, According to New Poll
If you wake up feeling more exhausted than when you fell asleep, you’re not alone.
A new survey of 2,000 U.S. adults about their sleep...
A Good Night’s Sleep Really Does Make Us Happier – By Dampening Negative Emotions
A good night sleep really can make us happier—because the brain triages emotions, solidifying the storage of positive emotions while dampening the negative ones—according...
Young Man Makes Wrong Turn, Then Saves Sleeping Family From Fire: ‘They’re safe because of him’
A driver who took a wrong turn was able to save the lives of four people after miraculously driving down their street and seeing...
Hero Honeymooners Rescue Sleeping Babies from Burning Nursery in Spain: ‘Instinct Took Over’
Picture it: you and your spouse are on your honeymoon in Europe, you see a burning building, you decide to be heroes and run...
UK Residents Can Win a Good Night’s Sleep in World’s First BnB to Offer Actual Sheep-Counting
Located near a hillside in dreamy rural Sussex, in a field full of the fluffy farm animals, a "sleep dome" is offering the chance...
Machine Learning Shows How Each State of Sleep Contributes to Learning and Memory
Weird dreams may help the brain consolidate our experiences and learn from them, a new study has shown.
The importance of sleep and dreams for...