Now that we have wearables tracking our every move, a lot of us can look at stats that supposedly tell us how well we’ve slept the night before. But sometimes, it can feel like your sleep tracker is ...

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...

Few experiences rival the calm satisfaction of falling asleep easily and waking up feeling fully rested. But sleep is more than a luxury or idle downtime, it’s a vital biological process that supports ...

An artificial-intelligence algorithm that discovers its own way to learn achieves state-of-the-art performance, including on some tasks it had never encountered before. Joel Lehman is at Lila Sciences ...

Researchers trace how different sleep stages may fine-tune what we remember, trading specifics for more general knowledge. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

More than 800 U.S. TikTok users shared their data with The Washington Post. We used it to find out why some people become power users, spending hours per day scrolling. Each circle in the chart ...

Lucid dreaming is so yesterday. Now, sleep scientists are focusing on a rare phenomenon in which people remain aware while sleeping — but experience no dreams, thoughts or even a sense of self.

Long-term use of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs may help older adults fall asleep, but new research shows they alter sleep architecture and brain activity in ways that could undermine memory and next-day ...

Arkansas to become first state to cut ties with PBS: 'Not feasible' Concerns grow over Trump’s strikes Dacora Motors introduces American-made luxury car Nick Saban proposes a solution to college ...

The Anker Soundcore Sleep A30 earbuds are now available to purchase. These are some of the only sleep earbuds with ANC, which could be a boon for light sleepers that live in busy metropolitan areas.

Every time a new slang word gets coined on the Internet, linguist Adam Aleksic is thrilled. “It’s definitely good for me in that I stay in business,” says Aleksic, who studies the origins of words and ...

From Cape Town to Tehran to Lima to Phoenix, dozens of cities across the globe have recently experienced water shortages. In the next five years the world’s demand for fresh water could significantly ...