People on TikTok and other social media say they feel more alert when they have had fewer hours of sleep—but sleep scientists ...

Time to give these so-called sleep hacks a rest? The team behind the sleep tracker Sleep Cycle crunched data from over 1 million global users to determine the social media slumber shortcuts that ...

It’s a deep inner stillness that comes with practiced meditation, but in a sensory deprivation tank, all you have to do is lie back and close your eyes. It’s the ultimate form of disconnecting ...

This widespread sleep deprivation could be quietly feeding the spread of conspiracy theories across society. The link between sleep and conspiracy thinking works mainly through depression. When sleep ...

Sleep loss and sleep deprivation — independent of sleep disorders — can be disruptive and can affect your health in some ways, for example, with weight gain. “But with sleep disorders, like ...

Figures published last week by Central Statistics Office highlight that almost half of lone parents with children aged under 18 live in deprivation. Almost a third went into debt last year to meet ...

Partners in the “Five Eyes” spy alliance, made up of the US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, may soon have to rethink their reliance on Washington, their most powerful member.

It’s also when "growth hormone" is released. In the latter hours of the night, more of the sleep cycle is spent in rapid-eye movement sleep, or dream sleep, which is important for learning and ...