This game allows you to escape into a peaceful rural setting where the rhythmic tasks of farming provide a soothing break from the stresses of the real world.

Online gaming has emerged as a surprisingly effective method of stress relief, offering an accessible escape into worlds where challenges are enjoyable and victories are rewarding.

. If you’re asleep you may not wake up, but your body is still responding if you hear a loud sound,” says Stansfeld.

Josi Livingston, a developer at a technology startup in London, often uses the silencing feature to block out office chatter while she’s coding, but likes how she can still hear if someone talks to her.

"The air you breathe, the job you have, the income and social connections you have, are a much larger driver of health outcomes than how many primary care visits or surgeries you get access to as a patient," Boozary says.

And, remember: "sleep is very individualized," says Dr. Dasguptao if – so, if one strategy doesn't work for you, try another.

Here are some strategies to break the cycle of bedtime procrastination and reclaim some of those precious hours of sleep

This is hardly the first time that Minneapolis has erupted into protests about police brutality and the killings of black people.

Many protesters, including journalists, have captured police on tape pointing guns, shooting rubber bullets and tear gas at them.

Racism has evolved over the past 50 years, and our collective understanding of what constitutes justice, how discrimination functions and how to best address it needs updating.

to achieve racial equity, we need to be able to do three things