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Caffeine

Caffeine affects sleep timing, depth, and quality in ways worth understanding. Explore half-life, sensitivity, timing, and how much is too much with science and honest reviews.

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Early-morning bedside still life photographed on a full-frame camera with a 50mm lens at…
Caffeine October 2026 · 6 min

Do Health Metrics Change Anything? A Six-Week Smartwatch Review

The question I kept asking before I bought one is probably the one you're asking now: will a $349 watch change anything I actually do, or will it just show me, in nicer graphics, that I sleep badly…

By Emily Drayton · Read →
Dimly lit living room at 3 a.m. in a Sydney apartment: a person in…
Sleep October 2026 · 9 min

Watching an Apple Event Live at 3 a.m.: Three Ways to Keep Up, Tested on My Own Sleep

Apple holds its keynotes at 10 a.m. Pacific, which is a civilised hour in Cupertino and 3 a.m. where I live, in Sydney.

By Rachel Stanton · Read →
Close-up still life on a weathered oak bedside table at dawn: a brushed titanium…
Wearables October 2026 · 12 min

Wearable Technology for Sleep: 28 Nights Testing the 'Never Take It Off' Rule With a Ring and a Screenless Band

The standard advice on sleep tracking is simple: pick a device, wear it around the clock, and don't take it off.

By Patrick Sumner · Read →
Close-up still life on a bedside nightstand at night, a black resin Casio-style digital…
Sleep October 2026 · 7 min

The Casio F-B100W, Worn to Bed: A Minimal Smartwatch Against a Full One and a $20 Original

The Casio F-B100W reportedly sold out in Japan, then got hard to find in the UK, and is now reaching US shelves.

By Henry Ashford · Read →
Photorealistic early-morning bedroom scene at 6:40 a.m., shot from a low angle at mattress…
Caffeine October 2026 · 7 min

Apple Watch Series 12 Review: Ten Days, Twenty Coffees, and One Overnight Reading I Didn't Like

I drink two cups of coffee a day, and for years I've told myself the second one, the 4 p.m. one, doesn't matter. This Apple Watch Series 12 review started as a way to prove that.

By Natalie Forsythe · Read →
Intimate bedroom scene at night, a middle-aged man sleeping peacefully on his side in…
CPAP October 2026 · 13 min

Sleep Apnea Treatment, Thirty Nights In: What a Celebrity's CPAP Confession Finally Got Me to Try

My partner's recording is forty-one seconds long. Thirty of those seconds are snoring. Then there are eleven seconds of nothing, no breath at all, and then a noise like a garbage disposal trying to…

By Owen Blackwell · Read →