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India Today
18-07-2025
- Health
- India Today
Sleep, rebranded
For a long time, sleep was overlooked in conversations about health and wellness. It was seen as unproductive—even lazy—something to cut short in favour of getting more done. In recent years, however, it has undergone a profound rebranding—from a passive, expendable state to a vital cornerstone of physical, mental, and emotional well-being. 'Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day,' writes neuroscientist Matthew Walker in Why We Sleep. In a society that often glorifies hustle and productivity, the value of rest is finally being reclaimed. This shift has propelled the design world into a new era, where creating spaces that support deep, restorative sleep is not just desirable but essential. From calming palettes to technology-free zones and sleep-enhancing architecture, homes are being reimagined with rest at their heart, setting new standards in how we design for well-being.


New York Times
18-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
How Florida's Attempt to Let Teens Sleep Longer Fell Apart
Florida's brief attempt to let high school students sleep longer began two years ago when one of the state's most powerful politicians listened to an audiobook. The book, 'Why We Sleep,' argues that sufficient sleep is fundamental to nearly every aspect of human functioning. Paul Renner, then the Republican speaker of the State House, said reading it turned him into a 'sleep evangelist'; he started tracking his own sleep and pressing the book on other lawmakers. To give teenagers more time to rest, he pushed for a new law that would require public high schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. and middle schools no earlier than 8 a.m. In 2023, Florida became only the second state — after California, its political opposite — to adopt such a requirement, and it asked schools to comply by 2026. 'School start times are one of those issues that both Republicans and Democrats can get behind,' Mr. Renner said in an interview. This year, it all fell apart. Facing growing opposition from school administrators who said the later times were unworkable and costly, the Legislature repealed the requirement last month. Florida's experiment was over before it began, an example of a policy driven by a single powerful lawmaker that flopped once he was termed out of office. It also illustrates how, even as concerns grow about the well-being of American teenagers, a modest scheduling shift with broad support from scientific and medical experts can struggle to gain traction. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.