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Feed your gut, fuel your sleep

December 15, 2025, 01:33 PM - 5 min read

The community of trillions of microbes living in your digestive tract, known as the gut microbiome, plays a powerful role in regulating sleep quality, mood and overall wellbeing.

The science behind your body's built-in alarm clock

December 14, 2025, 01:39 PM - 5 min read

If you often wake a few minutes before your alarm and feel alert and rested, it’s a sign your circadian rhythm is finely tuned. Your body clock has learned to anticipate your routine and help you transition smoothly from sleep to wakefulness.

The cerebrospinal fluid not only helps cushion the central nervous system against shocks, but also nourishes the organ with nutrients and is responsible for removing waste build-up

Poor sleep leads to waste build-up; may cause dementia: Study

October 25, 2025, 12:57 PM - 4 min read

The glymphatic system, the brain’s waste clearance pathway, is primarily active during sleep when the cerebrospinal fluid flows through specific channels to flush out wastes, like proteins

How much sleep is too much?

July 24, 2025, 12:35 PM - 6 min read

Sleep is essential for our health Along with nutrition and physical activity, sleep is an essential pillar of health. During sleep, physiological processes occur that allow our bodies to function effectively when we are awake. These include processes involved in muscle recovery, memory consolidation and emotional regulation.

The science behind cooling blankets

February 4, 2025, 02:30 PM - 8 min read

During sleep, your internal temperature and skin work together to achieve a balance between losing and producing heat. Your skin has sensors that pick-up changes in the environment around you.

Health benefits of dry January

January 8, 2025, 03:39 PM - 6 min read

Taking a month-long break from alcohol can have many benefits. And these benefits appear pretty quickly – across various aspects of health and wellbeing.

How is digital technology affecting our kids’ sleep?

July 22, 2024, 02:59 PM - 2 min read

Technology could interact with smart homes and adjust lighting levels to reinforce sleep and wake times automatically.

A look at how people slept in the 17th century

July 3, 2024, 01:01 PM - 2 min read

Two sleeps Studies of night-time have drawn attention to a phenomenon called “two sleeps”, or “biphasic” sleep. Before mass industrialisation, it appears it was common – at least in the West – to have a period of wakefulness during the middle of the night for an hour or two, and complete a variety of tasks.