Sleep experts share the best pre-bed habits, common mistakes to avoid and what to do instead of scrolling to get deeper, more restorative rest at night.

While trying to get ripped is an admirable goal, new research reveals that doing it at night might just be muscling into your REM cycle. High-intensity workouts four hours or less before bed were ...

As a general rule, regular running promotes better sleep. But there appears to be an exception: hard exercise in the hours before bedtime. That’s the conclusion of a new study in the journal Nature ...

Most people know that it’s important for adults to get around six to nine hours of sleep each night. But a growing body of research suggests that when you fall asleep and wake up each day may be just ...

A YouTuber tried a full 1940s bedtime routine to fix her sleep, and the results reveal what screens are doing to us.

If you find yourself 'tired but wired' in the middle of the night and waking up at 3 a.m., sleep doctors suggest a structured countdown to bedtime to lower cortisol levels and calm your nervous system ...

To test for levels of a hormone named melatonin that is key to the sleep cycle and also sensitive to light. At some point every evening, people's melatonin levels surg ...

This story is adapted from Life Kit's Guide to Better Sleep, a one-week email series. Sign up for the special newsletter here. Do you have a wind-down routine? Enjoyable and relaxing habits that help ...