Do Lower Temperatures Help Us Sleep Better?

by Amanda Ruggeri BBC    Anthropologist Gandhi Yetish remembers the bedtime ritual he had as a child during cold New Jersey winters. He would open his window, letting the frigid air rush in and cool his face.    He’d quickly feel drowsier, though he’d wonder what his mother would say about the heating bill.    …

Sleep Researcher Details The Perfect Nap

by Talar Moukhtarian Wired.com    You’re in the middle of the afternoon, eyelids heavy, focus slipping. You close your eyes for half an hour and wake up feeling recharged. But later that night, you’re tossing and turning in bed, wondering why you can’t drift off.    That midday snooze which felt so refreshing at the …

The Look Of Love, The Sound Of Sominex

by Kevin Burton   All love to the singer and to the composers, maybe not so much to this particular song.     The late, great purveyor of blue-eyed soul Dusty Springfield took the Burt Bacharach-Hal David song “The Look of Love” to number 22 on the American chart in 1967.  That gets the song a …