It takes a lot of energy to stay awake. Good quality deep sleep strengthens your memories and your immune system. And research shows it may help clear out toxins from your brain. Experts don’t fully ...

We’ve all been there: Mind racing, phone sitting just a bit too close to your bedside, a world of lists of things to do, think and worry about that it makes falling asleep (or even winding down enough ...

Having trouble sleeping? Hit Snooze is Mashable's deep dive into the many ways to achieve a more peaceful slumber. Getting enough sleep is essential to good health, but millions of people struggle ...

The average person spends around a third of their life sleeping. Yet as many as 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep disorders and wakefulness, studies have found, and tossing and turning at ...

Neuroscientists have discovered a surprising new source of deep-sleep brain waves, shaking up our understanding of the architecture of sleep and how we treat sleep disorders. Our sleep is divided into ...

Every night, when your head hits the pillow, you do more than just dream. Your brain takes all the information experienced that day — formulas crammed for a calculus test, snippets of office gossip, ...

"I have to get my deep REM sleep," expresses a common confusion about two very different types of sleep. Deep sleep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep are not the same; they do not even overlap. They ...

With a catalog so expansive, it's not uncommon to have dozens of apps and games installed on your phone. What makes smartphones truly smart is how efficiently they are able to handle tens and hundreds ...

Achieving restful sleep is crucial for overall health, impacting metabolism and brain function. Research indicates that synchronized brain waves during deep sleep regulate blood sugar levels. Simple ...

Scientists discovered that unhealthy diets can weaken deep sleep quality, even without changing total sleep time. When participants ate junk food, their brain activity showed shallower slow-wave sleep ...