Slowing down people’s brain activity when dreaming can help them lose weight and beat addictions

Slowing down brain activity during the ‘dreaming’ stage of sleep can help people lose weight and beat addictions, study finds During the REM phase of sleep, parts of the brain are active as if it was awake One such region is the hypothalamus, which is involved in feeding and appetite Experts from Switzerland turned off hypothalamic … Read more

Mail on Sunday writers reveal the places they’re dreaming of visiting after the coronavirus crisis

We may not be able to travel at the moment but nothing is stopping us from dreaming about the incredible places around the world we long to visit. This week five of our travel writers reveal the far-flung destinations they would love to venture to after the restrictions are lifted. The other-worldliness of Casa de … Read more

Mail on Sunday writers reveal the hotels they’re dreaming of visiting after the coronavirus crisis

Have you thought about where you’ll be when the lockdown restrictions are lifted?  Here our travel writers reveal the places they are longing to visit around the UK as soon as it’s safe to do so. The Victorian grandeur of Gladstone’s Library in Flintshire, the decadence of The Methuen Arms in Wiltshire, the luxuriousness of … Read more

HOROSCOPES: Unlock the door you’ve been dreaming of opening, Pisces

HOROSCOPES: Unlock the door you’ve been dreaming of opening, Pisces By Sally Brompton for The Mail on Sunday Published: 00:03 GMT, 16 February 2020 | Updated: 00:03 GMT, 16 February 2020 Pisces 20 FEB-20 MARCH  With the Sun in your sign, and Mars accenting your dreams and desires, you have the key and the confidence – … Read more

Spain tops favourite destination list for people dreaming of a retirement abroad

Older people wishing to retire abroad are more resolute about their plans now than after the Brexit referendum, new research on attitudes of would-be expats reveals. Nearly half said Brexit was making them reconsider spending their old age abroad when polled two weeks ago. That is compared to three quarters who were having having second thoughts … Read more