Tag Archives: Sleep

12Aug/23

Why do I fall asleep on the sofa but am wide awake when I get to bed?

Madeline Sprajcer, CQUniversity Australia and Sally Ferguson, CQUniversity Australia

After a long day, you flop onto the sofa and find yourself dozing off while watching TV. The room is nice and warm, the sofa is comfortable, and the background noise of the TV lulls you to sleep.

Then a loved one nudges you awake and reminds you to go sleep – in bed. But when you get there, you find to your frustration that you’re wide awake.

Why does sleep come so easily on the sofa but not always in bed?

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30Jan/23

Nope, coffee won’t give you extra energy. It’ll just borrow a bit that you’ll pay for later

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Emma Beckett, University of Newcastle

Many of us want (or should I say need?) our morning coffee to give us our “get up and go”. Altogether, the people of the world drink more than two billion cups of coffee each day.

You might think coffee gives you the energy to get through the morning or the day – but coffee might not be giving you as much as you think.

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