Why I’m haunted by the tale of a real-life sleeping beauty – Independent
Share I love to sleep. I love my bed. I especially love those mornings when I wake from a really nice dream, and realise that I don’t have to get up and can drift back into a dream that’s even nicer than the one I just had. As a child, I had the

Can I Control My Dreams? – LiveScience.com
Lucid dreaming—that is, being aware of and able to control your dreaming state—may sound like a typical nocturnal experience to some, and just a pipe dream to others. Whatever your opinion, the phenomenon of lucid dreaming has been observed in

Mercy Mercy Me (The Economy) – Huffingtonpost.com
I have never seen a ghost — at least, not the kind that leaves you shaking in your shoes, white as a sheet, with eyes as big as saucers in a face that looks permanently stricken. But yesterday I spent about 45 minutes watching someone who obviously

Jammu, December 11 – Tribune
A drizzle across south Kashmir today, where six constituencies in Pulwama and Shopian districts are going to the polls on December 13, had already dampened the spirits of NC workers. And it was not a good omen for the party either that its star

Several drugs have been shown to improve the probability of a lucid dream occurring and/or increase the length of such a dream:

Galantamine is a nootropic that can substantially increase the odds of success when used along with a lucid dream or out-of-body experience induction technique.[33][34][35] Choline bitartrate or Alpha-GPC can be used with Galantamine to increase its effectiveness.[36]

An amino acid blend made up of 2000mg L-aspartic acid, 4000mg L-glutamine, and 300mg L-theanine can greatly increase the odds of having a lucid dream.[37]

5-HTP can increase the chances of success of having a lucid dream by taking advantage of the REM rebound effect.[38]

Melatonin has been shown clinically to increase the time spent in REM sleep in the morning hours (as the dose is wearing off). It is theorized that this phenomenon is due to a REM rebound effect.[39]
Vitamin B6 can increase dream vividness when taken with tryptophan. This is due to the role this vitamin plays in the conversion of tryptophan to serotonin.[40]