# Innovations in sleep

- Institution: TED
- Department: Sleeping with Science
- Speaker: Beautyrest
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/beautyrest_innovations_in_sleep)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The way we sleep is constantly evolving -- from the first raised beds in ancient Egypt to communal sleeping as a way to keep warm during the Industrial Revolution to separate beds for married couples in Victorian England. Now that we've begun to study sleep as a science, we're starting to understand just how important a good night's sleep can be to our health and happiness.

## Lectures

1. [Innovations in sleep](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/beautyrest_innovations_in_sleep/8a6e31b93230), 3 min (TED's player)