Blue Streak Science Podcast

On This Week’s Show Good news for those who like to sleep Good news for those who like to eat Good news for those who like to sh*t Good news for those who like to brush their teeth The Climate Lounge: Greta Thunberg Drops the Mic Pub Quiz Science News with Chris MacAlister and JD Goodwin Rocking puts adults to sleep faster and makes slumber deeper JD Goodwin This is one of those findings in research that may seem obvious, but so often what appears to be obvious just ain’t so. This study seems to confirm…the obvious. I’m talking about sleep. Sweet sleep. This study from the 4 February issue of Current Biology confirms that being rocked to sleep, even for adults, seems to do the trick. According to Aurore Perrault of the University of Geneva a rocking bed could provide a benefit to people suffering from sleeping disorders, as well as older people. This wasn’t a huge study, so the results should be considered preliminary. The subjects were 18 men and women with an average age of 23. The test subjects spent th