World Sleep Day: The eight-hour sleep myth and why you’re getting bedtime all wrong
A new book explores the myth that getting eight hours of shut-eye is how we should be sleeping. Its author, Dr Merijn van de Laar, tells long-term insomniac Zoë Beaty why unlocking how our ancestors s ...
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This man spends 8 hours every day commuting. He's not alone.
His eight-hour round-trip typically begins at 6 a.m. He’ll be at his desk by 10, having begun work earlier on his laptop. He leaves the office by 4 p.m. and arrives home about 8. Ross became a ...
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The dramatic history of how the 40-hour workweek became the standard in America
Seventy-five years ago, on October 24, 1940, the eight-hour day and 40-hour workweek became standard practice in a range of industries. It was a long, drawn-out battle between workers and ...