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The controversial bill has passed the House of Representatives and now heads to the Senate, where it will face stiff opposition.
Never seem to get enough sleep? Why chasing ‘enough sleep’ to repay your ‘sleep debt’ might not be helping.
Dream-like states are not confined to sleep: the brain is able, very surprisingly, to produce the same mental experience independently of our state of vigilance.
Media articles can present adolescent sleep issues as both a normal part of growing up and a sign of deeper problems. How should parents make sense of it?
Sleep depends partly on body temperature. When nights stay hot, these low-cost cooling strategies may help.
Our study found that although women complained of sleep problems more often, they slept objectively better than men on average.
Sleep can be one of the trickiest things for families. New research closely examines the relationship between sleep and screen-use in young children.
Young people and those with trauma, such as veterans, are especially vulnerable to the difficulty of stopping cannabis use for sleep.
The gut microbiome can aid sleep, but good sleep can also protect the but microbiome.
What actually is ‘fitness’? Research suggests it’s not as straightforward as you might think.
Some mornings it can feel like we’ve had a busy night of dreaming.
A 10-year study of nearly 3,000 Canadian workers finds that sleep quality and diet do more to protect health under chronic work stress than exercise.
This condition’s prevalence is rising worldwide, and it is very treatable, but disparities in access to care remain.
A high-pressure work environment can exacerbate headaches, but taking steps to manage stress throughout the day can help.
We have probably all had the experience of lying awake in bed, our mind turning, unable to sleep.
If the slightest sound wakes you, you might wish you slept more deeply. But several factors shape how much shut-eye you get.
Brief awakenings are a normal part of sleep, but stress, alcohol, caffeine and irregular routines can make them harder to recover from.
If you love a late-night chocolate egg, you may struggle to sleep. A sleep expert explains why.
In 1619, a loud sound and a bright flash of light woke philosopher René Descartes from a dream. Was it divine revelation – or exploding head syndrome?
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Flinders University
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Sleep Researcher, Appleton Institute, HealthWise Research Group, CQUniversity Australia
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Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
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Research Professor and Director of the Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Centre, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Sleep Health, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor and Head of Paediatric Sleep Research, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor at Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University
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Professor Emeritus of Nursing, University of British Columbia
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of York
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Professor of Sleep and Physiology and Director of Surrey Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey
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Lecturer, University of Cambridge; Anglia Ruskin University
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Sleep & Circadian Scientist, CQUniversity Australia
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Royal Holloway, University of London
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Director, Appleton Institute, CQUniversity Australia
