Getting better at getting better is what Rise With Drew is all about. Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary…
1: Researchers examined towns that are similar in every way. Except where they are located. The towns are all in the same time zone. But…
1: Initial reports blamed the inebriated captain of the Exxon Valdez for running the oil tanker aground on the Bligh Reef in Alaska on March…
Yesterday, we looked at the impact early school start times have on academic performance and teenage auto fatalities. Today we explore the impact on mental…
1: The start time for more than 80 percent of public high schools in the United States is 8:15 a.m. or earlier. In fact, nearly 50…
1: 1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about. Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary…
The answer may be to restrict time in bed, perhaps to just six hours of sleep, writes Dr. Matthew Walker in Why We Sleep. “By…
1: In the past month, nearly 10 million Americans have swallowed some type of sleeping aid. This reality is unfortunate and dangerous, writes sleep expert…
1: Many people swear by a bath before bedtime. We believe we fall asleep faster because we feel “toasty and warm to the core,” writes Matthew…
1: The date was September 4th, 1882. The world was about to change forever. At 257 Pearl Street, not far from the Brooklyn Bridge, Thomas Edison’s…
1: The two most feared diseases in the modern world are dementia and cancer. “Both are related to inadequate sleep,” writes Matthew Walker in Why We…
1: How many times have we heard or said those unfortunate words? It might be the unfolding tragedy when “a soldier irrationally responds to a…
More than 2 million people will fall asleep this week in the United States while driving their motor vehicle, writes Matthew Walker in Why We Sleep:…
Our ability to concentrate is directly impacted by even the smallest amount of sleep deprivation, Matthew Walker observes in his powerful book, Why We Sleep:…
1: The margin of victory in professional athletics is often slight. In the Olympics, the difference between the gold medal winner and the last-place finisher…
1: Dr. Matthew Walker had just finished delivering a public lecture on sleep when a distinguished-looking gentleman dressed in a tweed suit jacket approached the podium. …
1: Shakespeare was right. Writing in Macbeth, he tells us sleep is “the chief nourisher in life’s feast.” Four hundred years later, the science now…