Not my thing, I’m way too restless, but something those still on holiday might possibly appreciate, tips for spending the whole day in bed.
People talk a big game about “spending the whole day in bed,” but few realize the commitment this actually takes. Most people give up around noon, lured by the prospect of [...]

If you are that type that actually derives some benefit from power napping (I don’t, I feel groggy for hours after), and you also enjoy coffee, Caffeine Naps may be worth considering:
Caffeine takes around 20 minutes to have an affect on your body and absorption will be complete in around 45 minutes. This means, [...]

Might evolution explain why women will hear a crying baby while sleeping, even if the child is not theirs, while men are more likely to hear “warning sounds”, such as sirens and approaching storms?
These differing sensitivities may represent evolutionary differences that make women sensitive to sounds associated with a potential threat to their children [...]

The editors of Wired select their favourite entries from the magazine’s recent “Sleep Photo Contest”.

Paranormal Activity director and writer Oren Peli says the film has stopped viewers from sleeping, and has compared his low-budget horror flick with the likes of Jaws – people were frightened of swimming in the ocean – and the Blair Witch Project, which put people off camping.
Fans speak proudly of not being able to [...]

Never seen him myself, but some 2000 people – scattered across the globe and often with no connection to each other – attest to have seen the same man in recurring dreams.
From January 2006 until today, at least 2000 people have claimed they have seen this man in their dreams, in many cities all [...]

This is something I’ll have to try next time I travel long haul, a way of resetting the body clock to “morning time” no matter what time zone you end up in.
Simply stop eating during the 12-16 hour period before you want to be awake. Once you start eating again, your internal clock will be [...]

In other words sleep paralysis is being conscious while in an REM sleep state:
Sleep paralysis was first identified within the scientific community by psychologist Weir Mitchell in 1876. He laid down this syntactically old-school, but accurate description of how it works. “The subject awakes to consciousness of his environment but is incapable of moving a [...]

Jelly beans, bread, pretzels, and French fries are foods that will apparently help bring on sleep.
While many of these “sleep inducing” foodstuffs don’t exactly strike me as being especially healthy, if a good night’s sleep is eluding you, the benefits may outweigh (no pun intended) the disadvantages.

I never realised just how intricate the humble nap, or daytime snooze, actually is.
Even though we are apparently born to nap, it is something I’ve never been able to get the hang of, as in I can simply cannot go to sleep during the middle of the day. It’s seven to nine hour blocks at [...]