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The fourth episode of our podcast takes on fuel – from Olympic diets to conflict over oil in the Niger Delta.
Does that smartphone app help you get a better night’s sleep?
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There are plenty of devices to help monitor your sleep, but are they any good?
Just. So. Sleepy.
Performance changes if you stay awake over two days – but not in the linear way you might expect.
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A lack of sleep is a problem for children with ADHD and their parents. New research has an uplifting message for both.
Poor sleep can have longer-term effects.
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If behavioural sleep problems persist beyond infancy, there could be implications for children’s emotional and attentional development longer term.
Dropping off.
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You may have to blame your ancestors…
Take me to the stars.
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Lucid dreaming is showing some promise in treating nightmares. Could it help treat some mental illnesses, too?
Dreams may be our innermost, suppressed wishes.
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It seems we do dream of the things we try to suppress.
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There’s more to sleeping in space than just nodding off.
There’s evidence to say we used to have two sleeps with a period of wakefulness in between.
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Throughout history there have been numerous accounts of segmented sleep, from medical texts, to court records and diaries.
World map of artificial sky brightness.
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Eighty percent of North Americans can no longer see the Milky Way at night. But the problem with light pollution isn’t just about stargazing.
Catching those Z’s.
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Sleep is often overlooked as a treatment for brain injury, but new research could be about to change that.
An election campaign is like a marathon; you can’t sprint the whole time.
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Eight weeks of deadlines, debates, press releases, public appearances and handshaking. What should politicians and their teams do to stay healthy and sane?
One part of our brain keeps a lookout when we sleep in a new environment.
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Have you ever arrived in a hotel room after a long flight and despite being exhausted, failed to fall asleep? This is called the first-night effect and we may have understood why it occurs.
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New research suggests disrupted sleep patterns could have more impact on some measures of women’s performance than men’s.
Sleep problems can also create a loop of mental illness.
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The relationship between insomnia and mental illness is bidirectional: about 50% of adults with insomnia have a mental health problem; up to 90% of adults with depression have sleep problems.
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The European Space Agency is exploring what we can learn from animals about long-term deep sleep.
Most people know sleep is important. But few know a lack of it can put us at greater risk of heart disease and obesity.
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Not getting enough quality sleep can have significant implications for health.
This has been you in meetings.
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There are many factors that contribute to us falling asleep unexpectedly, in inappropriate places, or even when we really don’t want to.
Innocence puts you at risk in an interrogation room.
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Innocent people do confess to terrible crimes they had nothing to do with. Psychologists are investigating factors that contribute to false confession – including how well-rested a suspect feels.