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Light. It’s the first thing we register in the morning, the last we relinquish at night. It dictates our rhythms, paints our wo…

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Picture a Roman patrician, centuries ago, reclining on a gently sloped couch at a banquet. He isn’t lying flat. He is supported…

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Light. It’s the first thing we greet in the morning and often the last companion before sleep. We bask in its warmth, rely on i…

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In the cool, silent tombs of ancient Egypt, pharaohs laid their heads not on clouds of goose down, but on intricately carved he…

Published on July 13, 2024, 3:02 p.m.

Light. It’s more than just the absence of darkness. It’s the first thing we perceive upon waking, the silent sculptor of our sp…

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We will spend, on average, 26 years of our lives asleep. Add another seven years trying to get to sleep, and you’re looking at …

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It arrives at your doorstep, an unassuming box, perhaps a little heavy, but certainly not what you’d expect to cradle your nigh…

Published on Jan. 13, 2024, 4:29 p.m.

For as long as we have laid our heads down to sleep, we have been locked in a quiet, nightly negotiation with gravity. It is a …

Published on Feb. 6, 2024, 7:38 a.m.

The quest for a truly restorative night's sleep is a universal one. We spend roughly a third of our lives in bed, and the quali…

Published on Jan. 15, 2024, 3:10 p.m.

When archaeologists unsealed the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, they unearthed a trove of treasures that offered an unparalleled …