How to reset your child's sleep schedule for back-to-school season
After a summer of vacations and late nights, it's time to set those back-to-school alarms.
Aug 25, 2026
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Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena: News and Research on Sleep
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How much sleep do I need? Why you can forget the eight‑hour sleep rule
For decades, the answer to "how much sleep does an adult need?" has been simple: eight hours. The idea dates back to the mid-19th century, when the notion of eight hours of work, eight for recreation and eight for sleep first ...
Aug 25, 2026
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How being 'on‑call' for work can disrupt your sleep—even if the call never comes
It's 4 a.m., you've finally drifted off, and then the phone rings. It's work calling. You have to go in. The right to disconnect from work has been protected by law in Australia since 2024. This means most employees can refuse ...
Aug 21, 2026
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Experts explain the science behind later school start times
For many teenagers, the hardest part of the school day may begin well before the first bell rings: waking up when their brains are still wired for sleep.
Aug 18, 2026
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Sleep could help identify people at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease at an earlier stage
What if certain signs of the disease were to manifest subtly during sleep, long before the first memory problems appear? This is the line of inquiry being explored by a team of researchers at ULiège.
Aug 11, 2026
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Fifteen minutes more movement linked to 2% lower cancer risk
Replacing 15 minutes of sleep or sedentary behavior with 15 minutes of movement was each linked to a 2% reduced risk of cancer, new UCL research has found.
Aug 10, 2026
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Grid cells turn the brain's searchlight from broad scanning to target-focused search
For 20 years, the grid cell was the closest thing neuroscience had to a fixed point. May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser found them in the rat brain in 2005, work that nine years later would carry them to the king's table in ...
Aug 6, 2026
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A good night's sleep may help adolescents thrive in school and with friends
A new UC Davis Health study published in Psychological Medicine suggests that when it comes to helping adolescents succeed in school and maintain healthy friendships, sleep may matter more than screen time, exercise or diet. ...
Aug 4, 2026
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When more blood does not mean more neuronal energy during REM sleep
REM sleep is already called "paradoxical sleep." The body is largely still, yet the brain is highly active. In humans, this is also the stage most closely associated with vivid dreaming. Our study, published in Communications ...
Dreams drain energy: The REM sleep paradox
The brain demands a lot of energy compared with other organs. However, it can also make do when energy supplies are scarce, flexibly processing information using what is available. How the brain resourcefully allocates this ...
Jul 28, 2026
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