People in the Middle Ages didn’t need burnout or smartphones to disrupt their sleep schedules. But it may not have even been ...

Apparently, people slept in two sessions in Africa, South America, the Middle East, and many other regions. Ekirch also found references to biphasic sleep in ancient texts by the Greek philosopher ...

Sleeping at least eight hours a night is a luxury for some and an impossibility for others. Be it because we don’t have time, want to make the most of the day or are simply unable to drift off, we don ...

A woman spent the summer sleeping like a medieval person – waking up after four hours of sleep to write poetry and letters – and says it made her more “alert.” Anna Fox, 26, a graduate student ...

The Atlantic's Derek Thompson went searching for answers to his sleep issues and in the process stumbled on some interesting sleep history. He tells us about how people slept in medieval times and ...