If you start your day before the sun rises, or if you’re looking for a more peaceful alternative to a blaring alarm clock, a sunrise clock may be your new favorite nightstand accessory. They mimic the ...

Welcome to Sleep Better Week on the Strategist, where we’re helping you find everything you need to get your best rest — from testing the most comfortable mattresses to asking nosy questions about ...

The Hatch Restore 3 isn’t your regular alarm clock—it’s a smart sleep device that comes equipped with sounds, light features, and other settings to help improve your sleep and wake-up routines. Most ...

When the fire alarm went off in Boland Hall at Seton Hall University, many students did what they had done so many times before — they ignored it. False alarms were so common in the dorm that some ...

In 19th-century China, people wedged incense sticks between their toes before bed - when the ember reached skin, they woke up. It was one of dozens of pre-alarm-clock wake-up methods, ranging from ...

A 70-year-old hypothesis that a rostral hypothalamic area is essential for maintaining sleep is re-awakened by the demonstration that the sleep-active ventrolateral preoptic neurons interact with wake ...