If you do not want ghosts disturbing your sleep, you might want to pass on Dublin's most majestic hotel, the Shelbourne, located on stately St Stephen's Green.

BBC: Haunted Dublin

Babies will not shimmy under the covers to sleep on your feet when you're cold.

NPR: 'Dog is My Co-Pilot'

While most researchers agree that light exposure and melatonin can help reduce the symptoms of jet lag after arriving at your destination, not everyone thinks it makes sense to switch sleep schedules before a trip, which can cut into social time with family and friends.

WSJ: To Avoid Jet Lag This Summer, Travel Like a Scientist

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN chief medical correspondent: You're not likely to have a doctor ever advise giving the sleep hormone melatonin to your teenagers, but sleep experts tell CNN they've seen a tremendous upsurge in the use of melatonin in kids, by parents.

CNN: Should your teen take melatonin for help with sleep?

According to new research from Brown University, if you spend an hour a day commuting, you surrender sleep, exercise, eating with your family, and food preparation--but not TV time.

MSN: Marathon commuters still find time for TV

David tried to imagine how it would feel to sleep and wake when you wanted to, to choose your life without thinking of anybody else, not to be broken into the hard frame of adult necessity.

NEWYORKER: The Swan

View your stock market holdings like a business and you'll sleep much better at night knowing that much of your return from the market is in cash, not some trader's ever-changing idea of what your business may or may not be worth.

FORBES: Intelligent Investing