Can knowledge of how our ancestors slept truly lead us to a life of more natural—and healthy —sleeping patterns? Authors on the Internet have been exploring that possibility, writing a spate of recent ...

For most people alive today, a “good night’s sleep” means roughly eight uninterrupted hours in a dark room, followed by a single morning wake-up. Yet historical evidence suggests that this pattern is ...

Some of the proven tips for better sleep are obvious: don’t drink coffee too late in the day; give yourself time to wind down ...

At first I dreaded having to investigate the history of sleep. Human slumber appeared impervious to time and place, stubbornly immune to the element of change animating most works of history. My own ...

One of the primary reasons people go to the doctor these days is for sleep issues. Insomnia, restless legs, nightmares and the all too common complaint: “Doc, I wake up every morning between 1 and 3 a ...

In our modern world of constant illumination and 24/7 schedules, most of us aim for a single, uninterrupted block of sleep each night. But for much of human history, our ancestors followed a ...

To see your sleep data, open the Health app on your iPhone and tap Browse, then Sleep. At the top of the screen, you will see ...