About a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. But there’s a small group of people actively trying to spend less time in bed, not more: polyphasic sleepers. Part productivity hack, part science ...

Carley Millhone is a writer and editor based in the Midwest who covers health, women's wellness, and travel. Her work has appeared in publications like SELF, Greatist, and PureWow. Polyphasic sleep ...

Polyphasic sleep is a non-traditional sleep pattern where individuals divide their total rest into multiple shorter sleep periods or naps throughout a 24-hour day. This approach contrasts with ...

On a typical seven-to-eight-hour sleep schedule, known as monophasic, most people will spend one-third of their lives in bed. But by switching to polyphasic sleep — like Russia-based project manager ...

Mark Serrels is an award-winning Senior Editorial Director focused on all things culture. He covers TV, movies, anime, video games and whatever weird things are happening on the internet. He ...

Is it safe to sleep for brief periods several times each day? Medically reviewed by Keri Peterson, MD Fact checked by Zerah Isaacs Individuals who are interested in a polyphasic sleep schedule may ...

Most people go to sleep in a monophasic sleep cycle for 6-8 hours each night. Polyphasic sleep cycles consist of sleeping several times in a 24 hour period that total between 2-4 hours. You may find ...

A normal person spends about a third of their lives sleeping, according to the National Institute of Health. Based on the average U.S. life expectancy of 78.21 years, that means you spend about 26 ...

Eight hours of uninterrupted sleep per night—it’s so widely recommended it approaches an axiom. The strange thing is, there’s nothing natural about it. In a landmark 1992 study, Thomas Wehr ...