Alarms play a crucial role in everyone's lives. They're your lifeline after a night of serious procrastination or a long game marathon when you have an early morning commitment, for example. You may ...

Many people dread the blaring sound of an alarm clock, signaling the start of a busy workday. Others wish they weren’t already awake and that the sound had actually woken them up. Waking up many ...

Q: Sometimes I wake up a minute or two before my alarm is set to go off. Is this normal? And why does my body do this? There’s little research into how common this experience is and why it happens.