There's a good chance that you've said to yourself that your teen isn't getting enough sleep. There's also a chance that it's not actually their fault.
Would you? Here's what's happening.
We're trying to study the weightlessness in space here....expect, you aren't going to space. You're going to Germany.
NASA, along with the European Space Agency and the German Aerospace Center, have launched their first joint long-term bed-rest study and they want you to sleep in these special beds on a 6 degree incline for 60 days...
If you're a new parent -- or a parent in general -- you know the pain of not getting any rest because your child won't sleep. Whether they're a newborn or toddler, it's very likely YOU'VE lost a lot of sleep, because your little one wouldn't sleep...
When sleep strikes a child, it can do so at the most inopportune time, even in the middle of a tasty snack. But the adorable kid in this video doesn’t let that stop him as he snoozes and noshes on an ice cream cone at the same time.
Previous research (and common sense) indicated that getting too much or too little sleep was bad for the body and weight. It is generally accepted by researchers that oversleeping contributes to obesity, as it leaves little time for exercise and body functions.
That may not actually be the case, however.