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Your weekly dose of evidence
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Do you struggle to get eight hours of sleep a night? You’re not alone – one in four Australians sleeps less than eight hours a night. But eight is an arbitrary figure – some of us need nine hours of sleep
to feel refreshed, while others feel fine on seven or less. The real test is how you feel the next day.
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Fron Jackson-Webb
Deputy Editor/Senior Health + Medicine Editor
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You know you’re not supposed to do this – but you do.
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Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation; Dilpreet Kaur, The Conversation
Only about one quarter Australians report getting eight or more hours of sleep. And in pre-industrial times, it was seen as normal to wake for a few hours in the middle of the night and chat or work.
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How much sleep we need depends on us as individuals and varies by age.
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Alexandra Hansen, The Conversation
Five out of five experts agreed not everyone needs eight hours of sleep.
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From the archives: sleep
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Nicole Lovato, Flinders University
The benefits of naps are similar to those experienced after consuming caffeine, but without the side effects of caffeine dependence and possibly disrupted sleep at night time.
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Gemma Paech, University of South Australia
The amount of sleep adults need has once again come under the spotlight, with a recent Wall Street Journal article suggesting seven hours sleep is better than eight hours and the American Academy of Sleep…
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Stephanie Centofanti, University of South Australia; Siobhan Banks, University of South Australia
The researchers found a link between sleeping for longer than eight hours a night and getting heart disease or dying prematurely. But they didn't show the sleep duration caused these problems.
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Chin Moi Chow, University of Sydney
We know that not getting adequate sleep means we do a disservice to our brain and our physical and metabolic health. But what are the real secrets to a good night’s rest?
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Expert answers to serious, weird and wacky questions
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A lot of people have spent a very long time wondering what causes cancer – and scientists still can’t say for certain why an individual person might have it.
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Darren Saunders, UNSW
I have worked on this problem for many years, and to be honest it still blows my mind to really think about just how complex it is.
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If you went to Mars, you’d need to be able to survive an extremely punishing environment. This picture, taken by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, gives you an idea.
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Paulo de Souza, CSIRO
I've worked with NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Project for 16 years. If you got yourself a ticket to Mars, here's how I'd advise you to prepare. And by the way, any mistake could kill you.
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Andreas Zwick, CSIRO
If you see moths and their larvae near your clothes, it's a sign that it's time to wash all your clothes and air them out in the sun.
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Paula Kover, University of Bath
It can actually be very tricky to define a species, but in the 1900s, scientists found a pretty good way.
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