You were in Lau until 4 a.m. trying to stay awake, cramming for your 8 a.m. midterm. You totally killed that test (you hope), but now you have to run to your T.A.’s office hours, grab lunch with your ...

Tanya Lewis: Hi, this is Tanya Lewis, a senior health and medicine editor at Scientific American. We're taking a short break from our regular programming this week, and looking back at some of our ...

Dmitri Mendeleev famously saw the complete arrangement of the periodic table after falling asleep on his desk. He claimed in his dream he saw a table where all the elements fell into place, and he ...

A nap, especially if you’ve had an early morning alarm call or bad sleep the night before, can feel refreshing. But how should you nap sensibly? A nap can help boost energy, mood and even memory, but ...

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There are few things college students love more than a 30-minute nap between classes. But what if you live off campus, or if you just can't make the walk back to your room? What if there's no more ...

When I get up in the morning, the first thing I think about is when I can go back to sleep. Sounds a bit depressing, but we do sleep for 1/3 of our lives. When we haven’t gotten enough sleep, we yearn ...

While my day always starts with a coffee, I never thought I’d be pouring a dark, icy cold brew at 1 p.m. on a Thursday, especially before a nap. The whole concept of a “coffee nap” seems weird to me.