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A bedside table with a glass of cold water and a small fan beside an open window at night

"Hot shower before bed: why warming up helps you sleep cooler"

A warm shower 1 to 2 hours before bed helps your body shed heat once you step out. The mechanism, the timing, the water temperature, and the cold-shower myth.

"Hot shower before bed: why warming up helps you sleep cooler"

A warm shower 1 to 2 hours before bed helps your body shed heat once you step out. The mechanism, the timing, the water temperature, and the cold-shower myth.

A woman asleep on her side in a dark short-sleeve top on white sheets, blue night light from the window

"Night sweats sleepwear: what to wear to bed if you wake up damp"

Fabric by fabric, what holds water against your skin and what lets it go, plus a ten-second label test for anyone who wakes up damp at 3 a.m.

"Night sweats sleepwear: what to wear to bed if you wake up damp"

Fabric by fabric, what holds water against your skin and what lets it go, plus a ten-second label test for anyone who wakes up damp at 3 a.m.

A woman asleep under a light blanket in a cool, dim bedroom

How to sleep cool when the heat comes on: a fall guide for people who run warm

The furnace is back, the duvet came out of the closet, and 3 a.m. got hotter. Why heating season makes nights warmer for people who run hot, and eight fixes,...

How to sleep cool when the heat comes on: a fall guide for people who run warm

The furnace is back, the duvet came out of the closet, and 3 a.m. got hotter. Why heating season makes nights warmer for people who run hot, and eight fixes,...

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Cooling pajamas for women: what to look for, and what to ignore

Six things that decide whether a pair of pajamas stays comfortable at 3 a.m., four label claims to skip past, and how our own sleepwear measures up against the same...

Cooling pajamas for women: what to look for, and what to ignore

Six things that decide whether a pair of pajamas stays comfortable at 3 a.m., four label claims to skip past, and how our own sleepwear measures up against the same...

A dark bedroom at night, the duvet pushed half off the bed and a bedside clock at seven past three

Why you wake up at 3 a.m. hot, and what actually helps

The 3 a.m. wake-up has a mechanism behind it. Here is what is happening to your body temperature, and the changes that are worth making before you buy anything.

Why you wake up at 3 a.m. hot, and what actually helps

The 3 a.m. wake-up has a mechanism behind it. Here is what is happening to your body temperature, and the changes that are worth making before you buy anything.

A bright bedroom with light blankets, a standing fan and an open window

Nine ways to make your bedroom colder tonight

The Cool Night Checklist. Nine changes that make a bedroom genuinely colder to sleep in, ordered by how much they do, and most of them are free.

Nine ways to make your bedroom colder tonight

The Cool Night Checklist. Nine changes that make a bedroom genuinely colder to sleep in, ordered by how much they do, and most of them are free.