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Religion & Spirituality

Why do we get a falling sensation as we drift off to sleep?

Ask the Naked Scientists Podcast by Dr Chris Smith

Feb 27, 202600:19:52Religion & Spirituality

This week, Dr Chris Smith and Sara Jayne Makwala King get to the bottom of IBS, why women living together often synchronise menstrual cycles, why we get a sudden falling sensation when dropping off to sleep sometimes, an...

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Why do we get a falling sensation as we drift off to sleep? is an episode from Ask the Naked Scientists Podcast by Dr Chris Smith. This week, Dr Chris Smith and Sara Jayne Makwala King get to the bottom of IBS, why women living together oft...

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Published Feb 27, 2026, 00:19:52 long, audio available.