Sleep

The days are starting to get a little bit cooler, which means daylight saving time will soon be ending in the jurisdictions that observe it. But there are still two weeks until the clocks change.

If your teenagers can’t get up for school, are they being lazy? New research has found it could be more to do with changes to their internal body clocks and other factors.

Beyond personal preference, we asked experts if there are any benefits to using a top sheet when it comes to hygiene, and how often you need to clean your sheets.

With heatwaves and hot nights predicted this summer, many of us will be left tossing and turning in the heat of our bed. So will changing our sheets help us nod off? And what are our best options?

Nearly one in two incarcerated children in South Australia have been prescribed a supplement to help them fall asleep, amid concerns about "unusual" night-time behaviours.

A new study investigating the link between sleep and pain could fundamentally change the way doctors and clinicians treat people with chronic pain. 

Doctors are concerned that parents are buying melatonin supplements from overseas online retailers without a prescription.

As school attendance and attention wanes, teachers say small changes at home can make a big difference during school hours.

Sleep-tracking has boomed in popularity worldwide, giving researchers access to millions of hours of sleep data. When a natural disaster hits or a COVID variant spreads, they see the impact in our sleep.

Ever wanted to try sleeping apart from your partner but feared the judgement of others or perhaps your partner's reaction? These people have not only tried it but love it. Here's how they make it work.

Parents who co-sleep with their young children can face judgement and criticism, especially when the children are primary-school aged. Yet, most people in the world co-sleep with their children at some point. Here's what some of those parents get out of it.

Obstructive sleep apnoea is a common disorder that can have serious impacts, but most people don't even know they've got it. Here's a guide to getting help.

Animals can sleep on the wing, standing up, sitting in a tree or diving in the ocean. Many don't close their eyes, and some don't even have eyelids. Here are some of the strangest ways to snooze.

Sleep. It unites yet perplexes us all … so let's get some answers! Look back on our live Q&A sleep blog and tap into the minds of some of the country's best sleep scientists.

Whether it's lying awake thinking about the big game tomorrow, ruminating on past performances, or training regimes that start at 4:45am, solid sleep is often hard to come by for high-performance athletes and it can have lasting implications.

Humans didn't always sleep straight through the night, and we didn't always have to deal with a regulated work or school day. Modern culture is responsible for some of the most enduring misconceptions about sleep. Here are seven common myths. 

Most Australian high schools start the day by 9am but a sleep researcher says pushing the morning bell back later could have some major benefits for teenagers' health. 

Loved ones, mothers' groups, and TikTok feeds are full of suggestions about how to get bubs and kids sleeping better and for longer. One tip doing the rounds is magnesium spray.

Many things can influence how quickly we fall asleep. Music can help you fall asleep faster by shifting your focus and improving your mood.

Many parents suffer silently from lack of sleep, sometimes with devastating outcomes. Why is there so much conflicting information on baby sleep, and how can we support families to thrive?