Dreams defy exact scientific analysis

One in three adults in the UK struggles to sleep through the night; among them is writer Nick Pope. Could embracing the multibillion-pound sleep economy fix his night-time woes or would obsessively attempting to crack bedtime cause another problem altogether?

If there was a time when the sign of a good night’s sleep was getting your seven to nine hours, science has delivered a new set of metrics. From sleep quality to the regularity of your bedtime, we’ve read the research so you don’t have to

Amazing answers to your curious questions

I started my career as a news journalist, working in frantic newsrooms and reporting on key events. But my heart was always in health – I enjoy writing about things that benefit people, rather than si

If you often find yourself lying awake into the small hours, with thoughts and to-do lists whizzing endlessly around your mind, you’re not alone. In the UK, a 2024 study in The Lancet Diabetes & Endoc