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Your Bedroom Is Too Hot

What is the ideal temperature for sleep?
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It’s a classic situation among couples: One person says the bedroom is too cold. The other says it’s too hot. There is a bitter battle for control of the thermostat. Both people say things they regret.

One person—let’s call her Sharon—starts spending a little too much time with your best friend, Greg. You try to talk to Greg about it at the YMCA, but he just shrugs, like, What am I supposed to do? Then he says you should listen to Sharon about turning up the bedroom temperature.

Moments like this are the reason science exists: to prove other people wrong. What the ideal temperature

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