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NASA pilots, sleepy young Australians and hundreds of thousands of UK Biobank volunteers have all helped answer one question: how long should a nap actually be?
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Open-Plan Offices Were Meant to Get You Talking. Face-to-Face Talk Fell 70%
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A famous 2017 study said a phone in sight dulls the mind. Two meta-analyses and England’s new school phone rules put that claim on trial.
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