Researchers have long wished to understand the connection between sleep and memory, especially how the brain encodes long-term memories during slow-wave sleep, or the deep sleep that occurs during the initial hours of one’s rest. While smartwatches can help optimize one’s sleep hygiene and are therefore “probably useful,” he argues there are much simpler ways to improve one’s sleep health. …
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — Rosi Mittermaier, who won downhill and slalom gold medals at the 1976 Winter Olympics and narrowly missed a sweep of all three women’s Alpine skiing events at the Games, has died. German news agency dpa cited a statement from Mittermaier’s family that she died peacefully on Wednesday “following a serious illness.” Mittermaier won West Germany’s only two …
