FT Series Everything you need to know about sleep We can’t survive without it. But why is sleep often so elusive — and how can we get more of it? © Lucas Varela Night shift: the dangers of working around the clock A growing number of us work nights or irregular hours — but at what cost? Monday, 18 February, 2019 The science of sleep disorders Biologist and narcoleptic Henry Nicholls explores what happens when sleep goes wrong Monday, 18 February, 2019 Why we dream Are our night-time visions a window into the mind or a form of biological housekeeping? Monday, 18 February, 2019 Confessions of an insomniac From earplugs to drugs to chanting . . . Marina Benjamin has tried it all during her lifelong battle Monday, 18 February, 2019 Your most pressing sleep questions, answered From ageing to insomnia and smartphones: we took readers’ concerns to two sleep experts Monday, 18 February, 2019 Why tech titans should disrupt sleep next ’It’s amazing that Mark Zuckerberg is allowing us eight hours of slumber’ Monday, 18 February, 2019 More from this Series How to get ahead? Buy an office bed ‘I increasingly suspect that the key to success isn’t talent or nepotism. It’s getting enough sleep’ Monday, 18 February, 2019 Can’t sleep? There’s an app for that From weighted blankets to pillow spray, Emma Jacobs puts the latest sleep aids to the test Monday, 18 February, 2019 Death’s understudy: what sleep can teach medicine ‘Sleep patterns may one day be used to tap into the minds of otherwise unreachable patients’ Monday, 18 February, 2019 Q&A with sleep scientist Cheri Mah ‘An optimal sleep environment is a cave — dark, quiet, cool, comfortable’ Monday, 18 February, 2019 Port, the perfect nightcap ‘The quality being made today is higher than it has ever been, and the range is so much wider’ Monday, 18 February, 2019