India’s sleeping problem: Can apps help us slumber better?

Urban population in the country is increasingly using mobile applications to fall asleep

You are not lazy; your body needs more sleep in winter: Study

Societies need to adjust sleep habits including length and timing to season, or adjust school and working schedules to seasonal sleep needs, …

These Nobel laureates discovered how genes control your body clock

These three American scientists used fruit flies to discover that genes control body clock by producing proteins

Biological clocks: How does our body know that time goes by?

The rotations of the Earth, Moon and Sun generate environmental cycles that have favoured the selection of biological clocks  

Get a good night's sleep

March 15 is a day to celebrate good sleep and create awareness about lowering sleep problems in society through better prevention and management. …

How lifestyle changes can address sleep disorders

Changes in lifestyle like avoiding caffeine before going to bed can address sleep disorders that impair physical, psychological and social …

Too hot to sleep? Nights are warming faster than days as Earth heats up

UK summers are also seeing more frequent hot weather as a result of climate change

Wake up early to pare breast cancer risk

Sleeping more than the recommended 7-8 hours a night can also increase the risk  

Keeping up with COVID-19 anxiety — with good sleep

Lifestyle patterns have changed, negativity has become the new world hallmark. It is crucial to maintain a healthy state

These neurons are why you yawn when you see others do it — and they could help us teach children more creatively too

Mirror neurons are amazing neurons that participate in important processes such as learning, empathy and imitation  

Not just a nightly ritual

Book>> The Secret Life Of Sleep • by Kat Duff • Simon Schuster • Rs 1,050

Air pollution is not letting the world sleep well

American researchers find that increasing pollutants in ambient air causes sleep apnea

Hot nights due to climate change will increase death rate by six times: Study

Disrupted sleeping pattern can damage the immune system

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Researchers find what happens when the sun goes to sleep

Magnetic activity stays low during grand solar minima phases, which can last decades to centuries  

Tsetse fly genes yield clues to control sleeping sickness

Fly has an unusual biology which can be manipulated, suggest researchers

Togo first in Africa to end sleeping sickness

The west African country did not report any cases for the past 10 years, achieving this feat after more than 2 decades of disease surveillance

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Cell phone tower radiation a pollutant: MoEF panel

'Ecological impact assessment study should precede their installation'