How Much Sleep Do You Need? Rest is regeneration, where the body literally rebuilds most of itself within days. This idea is so new that people get very confused about how our regeneration works – or how much is needed. Sleep is the part of rest folks understand best, but how much sleep individuals need […]
Why Can’t I Wake Up? (10/14/10)
Alien invaders! Laser rifles! Screeching robots that slip away and hide! Automatic bacon cookers! People will invent almost anything to wake them up in the morning. But why are they so sleepy in the first place? Anne Marie Chaker wrote a funny, useful article on how to wake up for the Wall Street Journal yesterday […]
Don’t Eat at Night (What happens if you do) 10/13/10
Do you want eat oatmeal for dinner? Probably not. Yet eating at night is biologically more unnatural than cereal for supper, and may expand your waistline even if you eat like a bird. Ask the mice. Mice are awfully cute if you don’t find them in your shoes when you wake up (it used […]