In the opinion of America’s parents, sleep is what keeps them and their children sane. The 2014 Sleep in America: Sleep in the Modern Family poll revealed that parents agree that sleep is the motherload of calm and the fatherland of rest. More than 90% of the 1,103 parents surveyed in the study said sleep was either very important or extremely important in their lives and the lives of their little ones. Continue reading
Like we’ve said before, we’re a curious lot at Somnium. Between developing amazingly awesome beds and telling the world about them, we like to ponder seemingly insignificant matters of the English language. Today, we’re taking you on a verbal nerd-journey about sleepisms. Continue reading
The clock is ticking; just ask the zebrafish.
Doctors at Tel Aviv University have discovered that the zebrafish’s circadian rhythms, the internal timepiece by which your body regulates (among other things) when you sleep and when you wake up, are very similar to those of humans.
We’ve got to hand it to you, memory foam. You’ve made everyone believe you’re the savior of sleep. Thousands are crawling into bed with you.
We don’t like the status quo (if you haven’t noticed). We believe memory foam is a thing of the past, just like metal coils. The future of high-performance sleep is gently balanced on our patented elastomer springs.
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We think soy is a big deal.
Sure, we enjoy the occasional soy latte, that’s not what we’re talking about. If you could put a chunk of our mattress foam under a microscope, you’d find that a whole lot of soy molecules and not a lot of the crazy chemicals you’d find in other mattresses.
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Those little towels at your gym aren’t the only things that know what it’s like to pass the time soaking up sweat.
Your mattress has a front row seat to all that perspiration. Imagine the germs, dirt and grime that collect under your Egyptian cotton. Nobody wants that lurking between the sheets.
We decided our beds should be an elevated piece of performance equipment that turns the mattress experience upside-down. So, instead of ignoring the surly subject of sweat, we attacked it head-on.
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A recent study done in England showed that 30 to 40 percent of couples sleep apart. Americans are lagging behind the Brits a bit — a 2005 study showed nearly 25 percent of American couples sleep in different bedrooms.
The experts say the trend will grow. The National Association of Homebuilders predicts by next year 60 percent of custom homes will have separate master suites.
Here are three famous couples who decided — for better or for worse — to sleep apart:
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip…was there ever a more stately sounding couple? The royal pair spend their nights royally separated, as is the custom of royal modesty and the upper-crust society of England.
