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

Sleep is essential for physical and mental health — it’s crucial for brain function, memory consolidation, tissue repair, immune system maintenance, concentration, hormone regulation and stress ...

A new book draws on ethnography, neurobiology, and primatology to argue that our reduced sleep is not a byproduct of modern ...

Getting enough high quality sleep is essential for overall health. Certain techniques, like avoiding screens and writing down your to-dos before bed, have helped our editors — and also have some ...

Consequently, we humans, as well as all other organisms, developed a circadian rhythm in our physiology and behaviors with ...