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Sleep when there is a baby in the house
Most sleep advice is unusable in the first year, and what remains is about distribution rather than quantity.
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Winding down, waking up, and what to do about the nights in between.
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Dreams, nightmares and what they are not evidence of
Dream content is poorly understood, and the confident interpretations on offer are considerably more certain than the science.
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Sharing a bed with someone whose sleep is nothing like yours
Two people in one bed run two sets of conditions from one thermostat, one duvet and one light switch. Most of the friction turns…
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Morning people and night people, and how much of it is fixed
Preferring late nights is not laziness and preferring early starts is not virtue. Both are largely biological, both shift over a…
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The weekend lie-in and the Monday it charges you for
Sleeping late on Saturday repays part of a week-long deficit and quietly resets your body clock at the same time. The second effect…
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Jet lag, and why flying east is the harder direction
Your body clock does not travel at the speed of the aircraft. Which way you fly decides whether it has to stretch a day or cut one…
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Mattresses, pillows and the claims that come attached
Bedding is sold with the confidence of medical equipment and tested with nothing like the rigour. What the evidence supports is…
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How much sleep you need, and why the answer is a range
The number quoted at you is a population average with a wide spread around it. Finding your own figure is a matter of observation…