Napping is one of life’s greatest pleasures. In fact, it’s what we’re meant to do. As William Dement, founder of Stanford University’s Sleep Research Center, argues, human beings were designed to ...

An eight-day mission has turned into a nine-month space stint for two NASA astronauts who are finally set to come home. But ...

A woman recommends a R500 astronaut-shaped space projector from Takealot that displays cosmic scenes on her ceiling, claiming ...

Isolation, confinement, and the pressures of high-stakes decision-making can weigh heavily on astronauts. Sleep is another challenge. The ISS orbits Earth every 90 minutes, meaning astronauts ...

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Part of her work is researching to help astronauts adapt to get good sleep in outer space, where there is no day-night cycle. “This is actually a place where the space research that we do is ...

sleep disturbances, cognitive performance declines and mood disorders. The effects of prolonged isolation and close-quarters living among astronauts - during stints aboard space stations or longer ...