Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. Sleep is one of those things we often take for granted. Yet ...

There you are, lying down at last. Fresh sheets, soft pillow, your body slowly gives way, your thoughts become more blurred... when suddenly, a strange sensation of freefall tears you from your ...

Falling asleep used to be looked at as something that happened gradually until sleep set in, but researchers have found that is not the case. After you close your eyes, there is actually a certain ...

Sleep is something the majority of us look forward to. At the end of a long day (or a long night), there often is no better feeling than crawling under the covers, knowing that you have nowhere to be ...

The brain doesn’t gradually fall asleep. Instead, it reaches a tipping point at which it rapidly transitions from wakefulness to sleep in a matter of minutes – a discovery that could improve our ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In a letter you published on Saturday, April 5 ("Can it, Michael Moore") one Jack Ostrovsky, ...