A power nap can power your brain. A study published in the journal Sleep Health found that sneaking in a quick nap during the day may correlate with a larger total brain volume. As we age, our brains shrink in size and weight at about 5% per decade after turning 40 — and possibly faster after … Read more
Most parents of little ones function with a sleep deficit — but some penguins have figured out a way to catch more Zzzs. Nesting chinstrap penguins take more than 10,000 mini naps per day, according to a new study published in the journal Science. These micronaps last for about four seconds each, enabling the Antarctic … Read more
Repeat after us: maternity leave is not a holiday. “Maternity leave is not a holiday,” we hear you chant in unison. Nice work! Men need a wake-up call Now, if only the ones who really needed this wake-up call would let that sink into their masculine little noggins. No offense (actually nah, please take a lot … Read more
This there such a thing as the perfect nap? A study recently published in the Obesity research journal found that longer naps were associated with an array of negative impacts on one’s health. Researchers at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston evaluated the sleep and health patterns of 3,275 adults from the Spanish region … Read more