--- description: This is why men sleep better than women, clear criminal records to give the economy a boost and more. title: Why Men Sleep Better Than Women image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Why Men Sleep Better Than Women by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 11, 2017 5:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 11, 2017 5:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**This is why men sleep better than women.**](http://www.ozy.com/acumen/why-men-sleep-better-than-women/74573 "undefined") By Melissa Pandika in Ozy **2\.** [**Want to give the economy a boost? Clear criminal records.**](http://www.citylab.com/work/2017/01/why-states-are-expunging-old-criminal-records/512414/ "undefined") By Jennifer Billock in CityLab **3\.** [**This ancient toy could improve health in the developing world.**](https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/01/button-spinner-health-care/512549/ "undefined") By Ed Yong in _The Atlantic_ **4\.** [**Soon, instead of drilling cavities, we’ll just regenerate our teeth.**](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/09/decline-of-the-dentists-drill-drug-helps-rotten-teeth-regenerate-trial-shows "undefined") By Hannah Devlin in _The Guardian_ **5\.** [**Want to work out more? Learn to manipulate yourself.**](http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/01/how-to-manipulate-yourself-to-run-more.html "undefined") By Drake Baer in the Science of Us  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4631336/why-men-sleep-better-than-women/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4631336/why-men-sleep-better-than-women/"},"headline":"Why Men Sleep Better Than Women","datePublished":"2017-01-11T17:00:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:11.543Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4631336/why-men-sleep-better-than-women/","keywords":["Innovation","Economy","fitness","Sleep","health"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4631336/why-men-sleep-better-than-women/","name":"Why Men Sleep Better Than Women"}}]}] ```