The best sleeping position according to science

The overhead, full-length portrait shows a woman sleeping beside her on a white bed. She is wearing a white tank top and black pajama pants and her head is on a white pillow. Her legs are low, and a second white pillow is tucked between her knees to support her hip and spine alignment. Her long brown hair spread naturally across the pillow top.

Get the popular science daily newsletterđź’ˇ Breakthroughs, finds, and DIY tips are posted six days a week. In Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale, “The Princess and the Nun,” a prince tests whether a young woman is really a princess. Her mother (the queen) places a pea at the bottom of the woman’s bed, under … Read more