Sleep

Akshat Rathi spent a year sleeping just three-and-a-half hours a night. He managed to fit in three 20-minute naps a day - but he is not in any kind of a hurry to give up the mostly monophasic routine… Audio

How do you rest and relax? resttest.org is a global crowdsourced experiment that want to measure people's attitudes and opinions about rest. Claudia Hammond of the BBC's 'All in the Mind' programme… Audio

Sleep deprivation is a global proble. Dr Alex Bartle expalins why. Audio

A formula's been created that will give you a great night's sleep. Audio

Thousands of New Zealanders suffer from sleep problems - and the beginning of daylight saving just adds to a growing national sleep deficit. Dr Lora Wu is a post-doctoral fellow at Massey University's… Audio

A sleep expert says the working day needs to be changed as it's akin to torture for a sleep-deprived society. Dr Paul Kelley from the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at Oxford University… Audio

Professor Ted Abel, director of the Biological Basis of Behaviour Program, University of Pennsylvania. He is an expert on sleep and memory, and has studied how sleep deprivation hampers memory… Audio

Ruth Beran's award-winning feature on sleep apnoea follows Maui Stewart to the sleep clinic on a journey to better health. Audio

It's thought up to five percent of children are suffering from breathing sleep disorders. Audio

A free app to improve children's sleep, the 'Kids Sleep Doctor' has been launched by doctors at London's Evelina Children's Hospital. Professor of children's sleep medicine Paul Gringas has worked in… Audio

The way we think is linked to the quality of our sleep, says Bronwyn Milkins, PhD candidate at the Centre for the Advancement of Research on Emotion at the University of Western Australia. Audio

The latest science news with Dr Chris Smith. This week, the roots of cystic fibrosis, and the discovery of a 'sleep switch' that could help explain why we sleep less soundly when we get older. Audio

Dee Muller is researcher at Massey University's Sleep Wake Centre. She has a background in occupational therapy and her research interests lie particularly in children's sleep, and is also about to… Audio

Penelope Lewis is a neuroscientist who's written "The Secret World of Sleep". The book looks at what our brain is doing when our body is at rest. Audio

Professor Dorothy Bruck is a Professor of Psychology from Victoria University in Melbourne. She has particular expertise and interests in sleep/wake behaviour and she is the founding Director of… Audio

Emeritus professor at the Centre for Chronobiology at the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel, Anna Wirz-Justice, has spent decades studying the science of sleep. She discusses circadian… Audio

f.lux is a bit of software that subtly changes the colour of your computer, tablet and phone screen to help you sleep well. With Michael Herf of f.lux. Audio

The latest science news with Dr Chris Smith. This week, decoding what people see in their dreams. Also a new insomnia drug without all the nasty side effects of sleeping pills. Audio