The Nine Old Men was a collective term for a team of animators who had begun their careers with the Disney studio in its ...

The best Disney animated films based on fairytales can keep their audiences engaged even though the storylines and character ...

What if we could obtain the memory, learning and perception benefits of “power naps” without actually sleeping? The team first trained five monkeys on a task evaluating image orientations and ...

Mouth taping, intended to promote nasal breathing during sleep, is popular despite limited scientific support. It may reduce snoring, bad breath, and fatigue. However, side effects and safety ...

Author Chloe Dalton, a normally busy professional, befriends an animal—in this case, a baby hare, or leveret—and learns unexpected lessons about living wisely. “But there is much more going ...

Summary: A new study reveals how the brain reprocesses and refines memories during sleep, particularly those related to spatial learning. Researchers tracked rats’ hippocampal neuron activity for up ...

Sleep apnea affects how well you breathe at night. The cause can depend on the type of sleep apnea you’re experiencing. Sleep apnea is a term that describes a sleep disorder where your breathing ...

If you’ve ever struggled with sleep (read: if you’re a human), you can probably rattle off at least a few pieces of sage sleep advice: Quit the caffeine in the evening. Turn your bedroom into ...

Books about writers’ dogs and cats are a literary staple. Now there’s a booming subset of memoirs about writers’ relationships with less domestic creatures. By Alexandra Alter Alexandra ...

“Everyone has a specific threshold for insomnia, and sometimes precipitating factors can break through the threshold and you can’t sleep. The stressors could be personal ...

As members of the Iowa State women’s basketball team tossed on shorts and practice jerseys for their workout at the Purcell Pavilion on Tuesday afternoon, Cyclones guard Kenzie Hare celebrated a ...

It might momentarily disturb your sleep but it usually doesn’t affect your ability to instantly return to the land of nod. But what are these fleeting moments called and why do they happen?