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We've all been there: you show up a little later than you'd planned for work, and, of course, your boss just happens to see you sneaking in, and then you have to explain yourself. Most of us are sensible enough to say something vague, like "problem with my car." And that's smart because, according to a new survey released by CareerBuilder, the most common reasons workers are late to work are traffic, lack of sleep, bad weather, and getting kids to school/daycare. So, if you're making up an excuse, stick to something in one of those four categories if you want it to be believable. What you probably don't want to do is give bizarre, extremely specific excuses like the ones hiring managers in the survey said they received. Here are the ten most ridiculous reasons for tardiness they reported getting from their workers: More »
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When deprived of much-needed naps, toddlers become stressed, joyless, and easily rattled. So basically, just like sleep-deprived adults. And as a bonus, scientists think lack of naps could mess toddlers up for life. More »
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Dana Zemack has been making stick figure comics since she was 12. This week, she made one just for us. More »
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Instead, blame your genome. Scientists have discovered a gene that may regulate how much people sleep. More »
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Are you a night owl who has always wished you could be a chipper morning person that wakes up with the birds, feeling refreshed and ready for a jog? Good news, the New York Times has some tips on how to adjust your circadian rhythm and transform yourself into more of a morning go-getter. But be warned: you are going against nature, and the change could cost you dearly! More »
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Many of us make big plans for the hour we gain during the change back from daylight saving time, but in all liklihood you didn't overdose on riboflavin and attempt to time travel or even get another hour of sleep this morning. Researchers found that on average people only gain 12 minutes of sleep in the fall, while they lose 40 minutes when we go back to daylight saving time in the spring. This makes us all a little more sleep deprived and apt to snap at loved ones, so you can add daylight saving time to the list of ways government is quietly ruining our lives. More »
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Some people love sleeping alone. Many folks prefer to have a warm body there in the dark with them, and there are those who could go either way, depending on whether the other person is a heavy snorer, sweats the bed, or kicks. But apparently there's a link between loneliness and sleep disruptions — meaning if you feel isolated and disconnected, you may not get a good night's sleep. More »
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Sleep is essential for bodily renewal and it can really help pass the time on cross country airplane trips, but sometimes, it's more elusive than the correct pronunciation of "nuclear" at a Republican debate. How can you guarantee that you get the shut-eye you need when you need it? Use your MacGyver sense. More »
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Welcome back to Guysourcing, where a panel of helpful gentlemen answer your questions! More »
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Maybe you're on a conference call with your boss after staying up until 4 am playing LA Noire. Maybe it's pitch black and you're driving a car full of sleeping friends down a hypnotic Nebraska highway on leg four of a multi-day road trip to Coachella. Maybe it's finals week and you have two papers due at 8 am tomorrow, and it's 10 pm. Maybe you're a sexy teenager in the next reboot of the Freddy Kruger franchise. No matter what the cause or context, there will be a time in your life when it is of dire importance that you do not fall asleep, no matter how tired you are. Here's how to MacGyver your mind away from the sweet meadow of gentle, potentially deadly slumber. More »
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It's been established that sleep deprivation is bad for your health, but scientists have discovered another fun side effect: It leads to more "deviant behavior." More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5802099&view=rss&microfeed=true If you have trouble sleeping, you're definitely not alone. More than half of US adults experience some symptom of insomnia at least a few nights a week. To help us get more of that elusive thing called sleep-and address issues beyond insomnia, like snoring, "monkey brain", and difficulty waking-we enlisted the help of a sleep specialist. Here's what we learned. [Lifehacker] More »
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Everybody freak out: a new study shows sleep deprivation could screw up your brain before you even feel tired. More »
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According to a new study, women start losing sleep relative to men when they're breastfeeding — and they never catch up. Could this be a hidden factor behind the wage gap? More »
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If you had trouble waking up today, you may be suffering from "social jet lag," in which the stress and altered sleep schedules of the holidays make it hard to get back on track. Or maybe you have an iPhone. More »
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What, according to a researcher in a major new study, "contribute[s] to continuing gender inequality in earnings and career advancement"? That working mothers are more than twice as likely as fathers to interrupt sleep for childcare purposes. More »
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According to new research, people who get a good night's sleep look more attractive the next day — even in the afternoon when they're presumably not groggy anymore. More »
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According to a new study, texting right before bedtime may give kids insomnia and mood problems. Also very dangerous were not eating your vegetables, fighting with your sister, and backtalk. More »
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Military researchers kept subjects awake for 36 hours, then allowed some of them to mingle. While introverts and extroverts with no social contact stayed alert, they found that after socializing with others, extroverts had a harder time staying awake. More »
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When it's chilly outside, all some of us want to do is snuggle up in a pillowy, warm bed. This week in our mailbox, three different catalogs enticed us with sheets and pillows and the stuff dreams are made of! More »
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Writes the Daily Mail, "Watching her husband nod off the moment his head hits the pillow unleashes a sleeping beast in many women.." That beast is "sleep envy" — and it can be deadly. More »
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According to InventorSpot, "the Kush a device made to support the breasts during sleep," and may prove useful to women who have larger breasts, are nursing or recovering from breast surgery. [InventorSpot] More »
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Some badly-behaved teenagers may have a brain abnormality that keep them from feeling empathy — but others just need more sleep. More »
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In news that should surprise no one, teens with regular sleep schedules are at lower risk of depression. They are also 400% less likely to fall asleep in class and get their shoelaces tied to the chair. [NY Daily News] More »
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Sleeping in is life's greatest little pleasure, according to a recent poll, followed by finding money in your pocket and cuddling a loved one. And the "ecstatic" feeling of weight loss was all the way at no. 14. [Telegraph] More »
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• The Dominican Republic has joined a small group of countries that Constitutionally prohibit abortion, with no exceptions for health-related cases. The ban was issued with support of President Leonel Fernandez and the Catholic Church. • More »
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Women in stable marriages sleep better than singles, and people with high incomes sleep better than the poor, according to new sleep studies. More »
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A recent study claims that 80% of Brits would rather get extra sleep than have sex, and the Daily Mail's Jackie Clune wonders if we should just wake our tired asses up and "Do It." More »
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Well doves, it's been another lovely weekend. To celebrate our last weekend together before the holiday, here are a few cute videos to lift your spirits as you deal with the holiday stress. Happy Holidays! More »
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The broad who wrote Live Alone and Like It was really onto something! According to a new study, women prefer a warm blanket in bed to a warm body. The survey, done by a producer of insulation for bedding, showed that 29% of American women thought human companionship was the most comfortable way to sleep, while 53% of women seeking sleepytime comfort reached out for their pillows or blankets. Also a plus: Pillows and blankets don't drool or kick you while you're asleep. [UPI] More »
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There is nothing like the blissful, thoroughly entangled sleep enjoyed in the arms of a new beau... to remind you of the cruel impermanence of first love, the dopaminal mirage that is the notion you can ever be truly content with someone else, how monogamy sucks and nothing ever lasts etc. etc. etc. Know what I mean? Because let's face it: sleeping in the same bed as your boyfriend all the time sucks, a sad truth addressed in the March Elle by a woman, Ruth Davis Konigsberg, whose husband Eric is a talented feature writer for the New York Times but who the fuck cares; it's not like he's running for president, the point is he snores. And violently kick his legs upwards in the middle of the night, a condition called Periodic Limb Movement Disorder, or PLMD, which seems as good a reason as any to vilify the pharmaceutical industry once more for assigning a technical name to another behavior exhibited by EVERY BOYFRIEND I EVER HAD/go in for a Klonopin prescription. More »
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In today's Wall Street Journal, Melinda Beck writes that she goes to bed at around 2 a.m. and sets the alarm for 6:30 a.m., but hits the snooze button repeatedly."I'm a night owl," she claims. But when she talks to Dr. Christopher Drake, with the Henry Ford Sleep Disorders and Research Center in Detroit, he has a different take on it: He diagnoses her as sleep-deprived. "The human body needs approximately seven to eight hours of sleep a night to maintain optimal alert levels during the day," Dr. Drake says. And the kind of crap the good doctor expects one to do to get a good nights sleep? Keep lights as dim in the evening, give up caffeine after 6 p.m., cut out alcohol. Dr. Charles Czeisler, director of sleep medicine for Harvard Medical School says good sleep hygiene means "a cool, dark, quiet place to sleep, free of cellphones, BlackBerries, text messaging, instant messaging, iPods, TV, the Internet." In other words, if you want to sleep well, you need to give up your "life." And it's worse if you have a kid. More »
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What is it about pictures of bedding? Cozy, cuddly, dreamy. They just get you in the mood to... *yawn*. And you know who else likes bedding? Mindy Kaling of The Office. She writes about sheets on her blog! Anyway. Take a look at some bedding setups from Pottery Barn, Anthropologie and West Elm after the jump, complete with a patent-pending sheep rating system: The fewer critters you have to count before you fall asleep, the better! More »
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Spooning and cuddling just got easier: The Love Mattress has a solid middle portion, but slats in the foam at the top and bottom so that couples' arms and legs can dip below the surface. That way, if your limbs are tingly, it's yearning, not lack of circulation. (Click the picture for another view.) [Inventor Spot] More »
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Researchers say that if new moms want to lose baby weight, they should get some sleep. A study found that getting enough shut-eye may be as important as a healthy diet and exercise. "Mothers who slept five hours or less when their babies were six months old were three times more likely than rested mothers to have kept on the extra weight at one year," reports MSNBC. Uh, but surely new mothers aren't sleeping five hours a night because they want to. We're fairly sure that they know they need more sleep, and not just for weight-loss reasons. It's how to get more rest they need help with. Back to the drawing board, scientists! [MSNBC] More »
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• Cutest discovery evs?? A new population of these owl-looking motherfuckers called De Brazza's monkeys — thought to be near extinction — were found in Kenya. Look at that face! Don't you kind of want one? [National Geographic]

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Ladies, are you getting enough sleep? New studies show that if you're sleeping next to a guy, your sleep is more fragmented, reports MSNBC. But guess what? Men sleep better when there's a woman in the bed. An estimated 23% of American couples sleep apart: Men are much more likely to be snorers, says Mark Mahowald, director of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, but often, it's the woman who moves to a different bed — or room — when the snoring becomes intolerable. The problem is that the older we get, the greater the impact disturbed sleep has on our ability to function during the day. That's according to a new study discussed in Science Daily today. "Women with objective measures of poor sleep had more trouble performing independent activities of daily living," says Suzanne E. Goldman, PhD, of the University of Pittsburgh. Stuff that should be easy, like walking and getting up from a chair, was harder for older women who slept less than 6 hours a night. And there's more! More »
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• Our favorite tennis-playing Williams sister, Serena, opened a can of major whupass at Wimbledon earlier today, despite a strained calf muscle. She'll go after Justine Henin in the quarterfinals next. [SportsIllustrated]

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• The Loch Ness monster: Still alive and on high-def! [CNN]

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