Wonder why babies nap on some days but not on others? Or why older people wake up earlier? Mathematical modelling of sleep regulation provides some surprising answers to these and other questions, ...

A Columbia nutrition expert is translating expertise on the connections between diet, better sleep and heart health into a ...

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Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered dormant galaxies with a wide range of masses in the first billion years after the Big Bang, moving one step closer to ...

A new study finds that leaking electrons from brain mitochondria may act as a biological switch to trigger sleep under stress ...

From Portrait of a Lady on Fire to The Artist, here are some of the best romantic French movies you can watch with someone special.

Henry Golding stars as a man coping with the death of his girlfriend (Beatrice Grannò) with an experimental memory drug in ...

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Science suggests sleep can spark inspiration A study conducted in Germany indicates that a 20-minute nap can help us reach the so-called aha moment ...

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