Ever wondered why you sometimes have conversations in your sleep? These are the three leading explanations, according to ...

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Seasonal changes have long influenced human behavior, but one shift is especially noticeable — how much we sleep. As daylight hours change, temperatures drop or rise and environmental conditions ...

Anthropologist and author David Samson examines how the story of human sleep unfolded in his new book, “The Sleepless Ape.” ...

Have you ever noticed how some people bounce out of bed after just a few hours of sleep, while others can barely function without a solid eight hours? Take Margaret Thatcher, for example. The former ...

Do you lose sleep over whether you sleep too little or too much? You can now relax, because scientists have figured out ...

Some people are genetically built to require less sleep than the rest of us. Albert Joseph Moore / Public Domain Everyone has heard that it’s vital to get seven to nine hours of sleep a night, a ...

Despite it being late February, our brutal flu season shows no signs of slowing down. So far this year, more than 6,100 Minnesotans have wound up in the hospital with the flu. That's the highest ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Judy Stone focuses her writing on infectious diseases. While women are said to sleep a bit longer than men, their sleep ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. I like to tell people that the night before I stopped sleeping, I slept. Not only that: I slept well. Years ...