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I kept waking up at 3 a.m. with racing thoughts — now I fall back asleep in seconds thanks to this expert-backed method

By Ruth Jones Published

The 'fake blink' method is a simple way to calm busy thoughts and help you feel tired. It helped me fall asleep fast after waking up at 3 a.m. — and here experts explain why.

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A close up of the SilkSound Sleep Mask on the nightstand in our reviewer's bedroom
SilkSound Bluetooth Sleep Mask review: A must for busy dorm rooms and noisy homes

By Ruth Jones Published

I tested this Bluetooth Sleep Mask and it helped my sleep in a noisy hotel room I was sharing with a snorer — here's everything you need to know.

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A woman with brown hair sleeps in her bed, while a sleep debt counter is seen below.
A board-certified sleep doctor gave me a 1-week schedule to go from 6 to 7 hours sleep a night — here’s what happened to my Oura ring ‘sleep debt’

By Frances Daniels Published

I owed 8 hours and 50 minutes in 'sleep debt', so I asked Dr. Shelby Harris to create a 7-night schedule to help me pay it back. Here's what happened...

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A collage featuring photos of my Sleep Cycle app, my Sleepwave app, an Oura Ring, and my Oura App.
I tried 3 free sleep trackers for iPhones and compared them to my gold standard sleep tracker — one seriously impressed me

By Frances Daniels Published

I pitted 3 sleep trackers against my $499 Oura Ring 5 and compared the data. But which one impressed me the most: Sleepwave, Sleep Cycle, or SleepScore?

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The composite image shows a woman wearing a white t-shirt and green check trousers sitting crossed legged on a bed, eyes closed and hands on knees. The image on the right shows the same woman in the same position, but wearing a large pebble-shaped object around her neck. Inset in the middle a wrist displays an Apple Watch sleep score of 96.
Do you really need a $299 gadget to de-stress? I pitted a vagus nerve stimulator against $0 practices — here's the one I recommend if you can't sleep

By Nicola Appleton Published

Both methods helped me mellow out before bed, but one has become my go-to stress buster

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A woman lies sleeping in a dark room, wearing a sleep tracker. Superimposed on the right of the screen is a series of charts and graphs detailing sleep tracking metrics and responding interventions.
Wearables that just track your sleep are so 2025 — meet the new school of sleep tech that intervenes, in real-time, to help you skip 3 a.m. wake-ups and other major sleep issues

By Ruth Jones Published

Sleep trackers have exposed our bad sleep habits — what comes next? I asked the experts how the next generation of sleep tech aims to help us sleep better, without lifting a finger.

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A pillow is shown on a corner of a mattress. A circle overlapping the pillow shows a thermal imaging reading.
I pointed a thermal cam at a luxury cooling pillow to see if it actually helps you stay cool in a heatwave — here are the results, and how it compares to a cheap alternative

By Ruth Jones Published

We pitted a $93 luxury cooling pillow against a $20 down alternative pillow by pointing a thermal imaging camera at both. Here's which one kept our testers from searching for the cool side...

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This split screen image shows a woman in a dark bedroom on the left hand side, with her hands over her face struggling to wake up because she feels so groggy at 6am. On the right hand side a woman is sitting on the edge of her bed at 6am with her arms outstretched, looking out her window at a bright sun with a halo of blue light around it.
Exclusive: I kept waking up exhausted until a NASA scientist shared her $0 lab-tested tip for beating morning grogginess — here’s how it works

By Claire Davies (CSSC) Published

Blue light isn't the enemy, it’s a powerful biological switch—we've just been using it at the wrong time of day

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The image shows the silhouette of a woman with long hair standing in a field of tall grass, bathed in the golden light of the setting sun
I fixed my 3 a.m. wake-ups and brain fog by syncing my sleep with the rising and setting of the sun, just like the Amish — doctors explain why this circadian living works

By Nicola Appleton Published

I swapped late-night scrolling and artificial lights for an early-to-bed, low-tech routine for two weeks — and, along the way, discovered that good sleep is mostly free.

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The image shows a hand holding a pair of white Ozlo Sleepbuds 2 in their blue circular case, set against a backdrop of green foliage
The Ozlo Sleebuds 2 launch today and I’ve been testing them for a week — here’s how they're already helping decode my 3 a.m. wake-ups so I can sleep through the night

By Nicola Appleton Published

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'Understanding how your environment impacts your sleep is really where we're going' — Ozlo co-founder on the launch of new Sleepbuds 2

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