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Topic: sleep

Look at the clock — One sleep habit can improve your mental health

The sleep patterns of more than 2,000 trainee physicians were analysed for more than 100 days as part of the research carried out by the University of Michigan.

Your partner snoring or door opening — How your brain decides to wake you up

The brain continuously monitors incoming sounds to decide whether they are relevant and dangerous while you sleep.

Scientists have found a ‘creativity sweet spot’. It was tried and tested by Thomas Edison

Researchers at the Paris Brain Institute have found a creativity ‘sweet spot’ called hypnagogia by engaging in a novel experiment.

Are you sleeping less than usual? The answer may be in your meal plan

Though research is scanty on nutrition-sleep connection, there is well-documented evidence that certain foods and drinks can improve sleep quality.

Now sleeping longer than 6.5 hours a night associated with cognitive decline

More sleep isn’t always better, as one recent study found.

Short-sleepers are more likely to suffer from irregular and heavy periods

We analysed survey data from 574 menstruating females from age 24 to 40.

Social media, video games much worse for sleep than passive TV, finds new study

A Danish review of sleep studies on over 3,50,000 children found those aged 6-12 consumed more TV & delayed bedtime, but those aged 13-15 had trouble falling asleep from social media use.

Afternoon nap in healthy workspace can improve productivity among urban poor workers: Study

A new study that measured sleep quality in real situations in low income groups in Chennai found outcomes to be vastly different from findings of research in sleep labs in the West.

30 minutes’ exercise won’t counteract sitting all day, but this can help

For many of us, our jobs require us to sit for eight hours or more a day. Just exercising for 30 minutes won’t reverse that.

Lack of sleep is harming health care workers – and their patients

Poor sleep can harm well-being – it’s been shown to be a strong risk factor for cognitive decline and early mortality.

On Camera

Sudan shows what happens when the world is happy to let mass killers rule

Fourteen million refugees, and 25 million facing acute hunger, should be reason enough for the world to dismantle the dystopia in Sudan — even if the sadism of its rulers is not.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.