Also, Avena says, segmented sleep requires individuals to go to bed earlier, which may not work with some schedules. For Danielle Hughes, 33, segmented sleep proved a remedy for insomnia.

A segmented wooden bowl comes to life in a mesmerizing stop motion sequence, capturing the artistry, precision, and ...

In The Times Magazine in 2016, Jesse Barron wrote a letter of recommendation for segmented sleep. He learned to love the hours between snooze segments that the French called dorveille, or wakesleep.

Segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB) in the terminal ileum of an 8-week-old Taconic B6 mouse. SFB (green) are members of the commensal microbiota that colonize wild-type mice at the time of weaning.