Lindsey Vickers

Sleep and Health Articles

What causes the afternoon slump—and what you can do about it (Forbes Vetted, November 2024)

What’s a latex mattress? (Forbes Vetted, August 2023)

6 Expert-approved tips to get your best sleep yet (Forbes Vetted, May 2023)

To sleep with socks, or not to sleep with socks? That’s the question. (Reviewed, February 2022)

There’s a reason your alarm clock sounds terrible—but it doesn’t have to (Reviewed, November 2021)

How your menstrual cycle affects your sleep (Reviewed, September 2021)

Zoning out during the day? It could be a microsleep. (Reviewed, August 2021)

Should you let pets sleep in your bed? (Reviewed, February 2021)

That new mattress smell: What is it, and is it harmful? (Reviewed, June 2020)

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Feature Stories

What the heck are Squishmallows—and why is everyone buying them? (Reviewed and USA Today, June 2021)

Massachusetts bees threatened by pesticides, parasites and climate change (Worcester Telegram & Gazette, December 2019)

Climate change may make Massachusetts more hospitable to pests (Worcester Telegram & Gazette, November 2019)

War waged on mosquito virus threat. Experts say best protection against EEE is personal precaution (MetroWest Daily News, October 2019)

Political Reporting