Sleep your way to new year’s resolution success

Richard Wiseman: My research suggests a correlation between getting a good night’s sleep and achieving your ambitions. So here’s five ways to improve your shut-eye

The De Rucci sleep festival: is this Australia’s most mysterious festival?

Just what is the De Rucci sleep festival? And who is the stern-looking man on the billboards?

Ebooks at night won’t help you sleep tight, US study finds

Alison Flood: Harvard researchers say light-emitting ebooks negatively affect our sleep and lead to next-day grogginess

Sense: A gadget to change the way we sleep

James Proud’s sleep monitoring device is a step beyond those on the market, sensing a range of environmental factors to help you get a better night’s sleep

Finnish teenagers with sleeping disorders double in last 20 years

Study reveals increase in insomnia and experts believe energy drinks and smartphones may be to blame

Night shift work linked to obesity in new sleep study

Research finds employees who sleep during day burn fewer calories than when sleeping at night

Like Putin, can you get by on four hours’ sleep?

Open thread: Tough leaders such as Vladimir Putin or Margaret Thatcher boast about being able to operate on only a few hours shuteye. Tell us about your sleep routines

Nintendo to expand fitness focus beyond games to sleep-tracking

Games firm reveals plans for launch by early 2016, after Super Smash Bros helped it return to profitability. By Stuart Dredge

Cerys Matthews: having trouble sleeping? There is only one answer

Want a tune to help you doze off at night? Then George Gurjieff is your man, says our musical agony aunt, Dr Crotchety

Urban light pollution: why we’re all living with permanent ‘mini jetlag’

Studies show that exposure to light after dusk is quite literally unnatural, and may be detrimental to health. Do we need 24/7 garages, supermarkets and TV – or should the city that never sleeps be put to bed?