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How to get more REM sleep - the internal 'therapy' that happens when you're unconscious
REM sleep is a stage of sleep when your heart rate increases, your blood pressure elevates, and you…
Ashley Laderer,Jason McKnight
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Jumping spiders may experience REM sleep-like state — and maybe even dream — like humans, a new study suggests
Daniela Roessler, the study's lead author, said footage captured the spiders' retinas shaking and l…
Lauren Frias
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Too much of a good thing: more sleep doesn't always mean better memory
REM was found to allow individuals to make connections between disparate ideas, which is the defini…
Molly Sequin
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There's a scientific reason why we remember some dreams but forget others
We sleep in roughly 90-minute cycles, which are broken up into different stages of sleep, some heav…
Hilary Brueck
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Yes, you can actually burn more calories in your sleep — here's how, according to sleep experts
Here's how many calories you can expect to burn while sleeping and how increasing REM can help you …
Ashley Laderer,Jason McKnight
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Here's why you sleep so terribly after drinking
Alcohol actually interferes with your REM sleep, and decreases the amount of REM sleep you get - me…
Sarah Schmalbruch
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'No peace until justice is had': A Black transgender woman's body was pulled from the river in Philadelphia
Police are investigating the murder of Dominique "Rem'mie" Fells, whose dismembered body was pulled…
Dan Avery
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Why drinking alcohol before bed could be negatively impacting your sleep
Alcohol might help you fall asleep, but drinking before bed leads to less restful and restorative s…
Erin Heger,Raj Dasgupta
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Sleep experts explain why your dreams are so vivid that you remember them long after waking up
Humans dream every night but only remember a small fraction. Why some dreams are so vivid can depen…
Carla Delgado
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This Is How To Take The Perfect Power Nap At Work
This is because sleep happens in two main cycles: non-rapid eye movement (NREM) and rapid eye movem…
Drake Baer
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4 ways alcohol negatively impacts the quality of your sleep
Alcohol might help you fall asleep, but drinking before bed leads to less restful and restorative s…
Erin Heger
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Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and can't move - here's why
People experiencing the second category, the "intruder," can feel a "sensed presence, fear, and aud…
Christina Sterbenz
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Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and can't move - here's why
People experiencing the second category, the "intruder," can feel a "sensed presence, fear, and aud…
Christina Sterbenz
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When we see something in our dreams, our brain activity is strikingly similar to when we're awake
So Nir and his colleagues decided to test the idea. They studied 19 epileptic patients at the UCLA …
Tanya Lewis
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Here's why you feel more tired after sleeping longer than usual
• The average person needs 7.5 hours of sleep and goes through five sleep cycles per night (the 5th…
Sarah Schmalbruch
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Meet A Man Who Has Slept Only 4.5 Hours A Day For 2 Years
As rationale for his sleep schedule, Dubovoy claims that early in the night, short-wave sleep occur…
Christina Sterbenz
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How To Step Yourself Down To Just 4.5 Hours Of Sleep A Day [CHARTS]
To clarify, the idea that we don't need these sleep stages is purely theoretical. "I probably have …
Christina Sterbenz
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Why you're having weird dreams and how to manage them
If you are having weird dreams, it may be due to anxiety, stress, lack of sleep, or taking in new k…
Erin Heger
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Why am I having weird dreams? The science behind your dreams and how to manage them
If you're having weird dreams, it may be due to anxiety, stress, or a change in your routine. Here'…
Erin Heger
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Freud's interpretation of why we dream may be wrong - here's what's really going on
Walker's research has revealed that at least one of the functions of dreaming is that it "removes t…