The Art of Falling Asleep | 100 Science-Backed Facts About Sleep

Podcast: Sleep Stories from the Pioneers · Pioneers of Human Behaviour

Opublikowano: 2026-09-28

Fall asleep to 100 calm, research-backed facts about sleep — exploring what helps us drift off and what unfolds in the mind and body throughout the night. Tonight, we begin beside an imagined evening window and follow the course of an ordinary night, moving gradually from wakefulness towards sleep, through changing sleep stages, memory and dreams, and eventually towards morning. Along the way, we explore sleep pressure and circadian rhythms, light and melatonin, chronotypes, caffeine and alcohol, exercise, screens and bedroom temperature, sleep trackers and insomnia treatment, NREM and REM sleep, deep sleep, memory and learning, dreams, lucid dr...