The Missing Prayer is a tell-tale rhythmic recital of the losses, the voids, the gaps and the simplest of the tiny things ...

As Odysseus returns to film, Daisy Dunn considers how oral storytelling may shape the future of how we listen, remember and ...

Breathwork activates the parasympathetic nervous system, helping lower stress hormones and heart rate. Unlike external sleep ...

Some people thrive on just four hours of sleep thanks to a rare genetic mutation. Could you be one of them? Discover the science behind short sleepers.

At night they sleep like Beauty under faded ermine cloaks. Sarah Davy and Siobhán Flynn, winners of the 2025 Mairtín Crawford Awards for Poetry and Short Story (Neil Hainsworth) ...

Natural short sleeper or sleep deprived? Why some people need less shut-eye than others Natural short sleepers carry rare variants in certain genes, which seem to make their sleep more efficient ...

Scientists are exploring a rare genetic trait called Familial Natural Short Sleep (FNSS), where individuals thrive on just 3-5 hours of sleep. Researc ...

Worried poetry might put Grandma to sleep too early? We’ve got you covered with both short poems and excerpts, as well as underappreciated works.

President Trump gets about 4 hours of sleep a night. People who can get by with less than 6 hours of sleep are known as short sleepers. Those with short sleep syndrome make up less than 3 percent ...

Sleep-related infant deaths are a problem in Vigo County, and a local health educator has taken a seasonal approach — using a popular Christmas poem — to spread awareness about these largely ...

They were also easy to understand and even easier to remember. The vicar wrote several poems about sleep that depict how people slept and how he thought they should prepare for bed.