Biphasic sleep simply means that instead of sleeping in one long stretch during the night (known as "monophasic sleep"), you break your snooze time into two distinct chunks. Also called "segmented ...

Like most people, my sleeping habits are inextricably tied to my mental health. I’m often depressed and always exhausted, never feeling like I’ve had enough sleep and never of a quality high enough to ...

Before electricity, humans naturally slept in two phases, waking for an hour or two around midnight for quiet activities. This biphasic sleep pattern, influenced by natural light cycles and melatonin, ...

When we sleep, we sleep right? Who knew that there were actually three different types of sleep schedules or patterns? Let me explain. While two of them are generally mainstream, the third one feels ...

Historical evidence reveals that humans once slept in two nightly phases, a practice now vanished due to modern lighting and lifestyle changes.

Can't sleep? Maybe you're doing it wrong. Although many Americans are admonished that early to bed, early to rise will make us healthy, wealthy and wise (or at least better off than being fat, poor, ...

Everybody is busy these days, looking to squeeze as much as they can out of every moment of the day, and night. Sure, you know you need roughly eight hours of sleep—but wouldn’t it be great if you ...

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