Normally, people would not want to sleep alone and would rather have something or someone to cling on. But a study seems to think otherwise.

A research team from Central Queensland University found that having a partner would be more disruptive than the usual irritating noise that people would complain about.

With about 13,000 people participating in a poll, 70 percent had been woken during the night; 35 percent were woken by a partner snoring, going to the bathroom, answering calls or checking emails during the night.

Other factors were also taken into consideration such as animals (29.1 percent), neighbors (18.5 percent), traffic (12.7 percent) and rain (16.9 percent)

While the study does make sense, it is bound to solicit some reactions, probably violent at that. But then again, the study is something the sleep-deprived may want to check out – whether you like it or not.

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Milk is identified as a good means of getting good sleep but this German-based milk may go to the next level by aiding Insomniacs as well. A German Company has patented a nocturnal milk which reportedly contains levels of the sleep hormone melatonin that are 25 times higher than that found in normal milk.

Scientific studies have shown that milk taken from cows at night contains much higher levels of melatonin than milk produced during the day. Melatonin helps to regulate the biorhythm of all mammals at night.

So now, it looks like companies are milking more cows at night due to this development. In fact, Munich’s Milchkristalle GmbH has started milking its animals in night-time conditions between the hours of two and 4am.

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As far as sleep comparison is concerned, it would be intriguing to note if some animals would follow the same sleep patterns that we do. Apparently thanks to the continued research of most groups such as the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, Calif., there is a bird that has been discovered to sleep like us. The said bird is called the Zebra Finch, a songbird that has episodes of rapid-eye-movement sleep and slow-wave sleep as well as transition stages and quick spikes, all reminiscent of mammalian sleep patterns.

As for the zebra finch results, he said, they show that a cortex isn’t required to have such structured sleep, and they also raise evolutionary issues. “The question now becomes whether evolution has gone through the trouble of selecting for these particular patterns more than once,” he said.

(Source) The New York Times

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• How to Sleep better via Boing Boing
• 10 Tips for Better Sleep via Bettersleep
• How to Sleep better via BBC
• Dr. Orman’s Guide to Better Sleep via stresscure
• Tips for sleeping faster and better via to-done

And make sure to check out how well these animals sleep together.

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The monkey sleeping here looks so human…

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