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Huberman Lab · Apr 17, 2025 · 10 min read
Optimal Protocols for Studying & Learning

Andrew Huberman explains why testing yourself soon after learning halves forgetting, plus focus, sleep, study habits, emotion and interleaving tools.

Huberman Lab · Apr 16, 2025 · 10 min read
AMA #18: Cold Therapy Advice, Skin Health Tips, Motivation, Learning Strategies & More

Huberman answers listener questions on thinning skin, cold plunge temperatures, self-motivation, REM sleep, school learning and shilajit.

Huberman Lab · Apr 15, 2025 · 14 min read
Dr. Jonathan Haidt: How Smartphones & Social Media Impact Mental Health & the Realistic Solutions

Jonathan Haidt and Andrew Huberman on how the phone-based childhood fuels teen anxiety and depression, and four realistic norms to restore play.

Huberman Lab · Apr 14, 2025 · 10 min read
LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman at the ICC Sydney Theatre

Huberman's Sydney live Q&A: naps and NSDR, dose-dependent placebo, learning and rest, psychedelics in the clinic, gut health and focus.

Huberman Lab · Apr 14, 2025 · 10 min read
LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

At a live Brisbane Q&A, Andrew Huberman answers questions on nicotine, ADHD, recovering from years of poor sleep, burnout, diet, TRT, breathing and parenting.

Huberman Lab · Apr 13, 2025 · 18 min read
Dr Matt Walker The Science Of Dreams Nightmares Lucid Dreaming

Matthew Walker explains why we dream, how to treat nightmares, whether lucid dreaming is worth it, and answers top sleep questions.

Huberman Lab · Apr 13, 2025 · 11 min read
Dr Matt Walker Using Sleep To Improve Learning Creativity Memory

Sleep scientist Matt Walker explains why sleep before and after learning matters, how it boosts motor skills, and how REM sleep sparks creative insight.

Huberman Lab · Apr 13, 2025 · 11 min read
Dr. Matt Walker: Improve Sleep to Boost Mood & Emotional Regulation

Dr. Matt Walker explains how REM and deep sleep regulate emotion, anxiety, PTSD, depression and suicide risk, plus tools to sleep better.

Huberman Lab · Apr 12, 2025 · 10 min read
LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman at the Sydney Opera House

In a live Sydney Q&A, Andrew Huberman covers stress mindsets, time perception, a jet lag protocol, psychedelics, sauna and sleep, and finding your passion.

Huberman Lab · Apr 12, 2025 · 14 min read
Dr. Matt Walker: Protocols to Improve Your Sleep

Matt Walker's sleep protocols: regularity, darkness, cool rooms, caffeine and alcohol limits, insomnia fixes, and emerging sleep-boosting technology.

Huberman Lab · Apr 12, 2025 · 14 min read
Dr Matt Walker How To Structure Your Sleep Use Naps Time Caffeine

Matt Walker explains how sleep changes with age, how to nap well (about 20 minutes, before 3 p.m.), and how to time caffeine.

Huberman Lab · Apr 11, 2025 · 13 min read
Dr. Matt Walker: The Biology of Sleep & Your Unique Sleep Needs

Matt Walker explains sleep stages, what poor sleep does to body and brain, and the QQRT framework: quantity, quality, regularity and timing.

Huberman Lab · Apr 10, 2025 · 9 min read
LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in Melbourne, AU

Andrew Huberman answers Melbourne audience questions on protecting the aging brain, building willpower, shift work, NSDR and phone habits.

Lex Fridman Podcast · Apr 9, 2025 · 11 min read
Tucker Carlson: Putin, Navalny, Trump, CIA, NSA, War, Politics & Freedom

Tucker Carlson on his Putin interview, Navalny, Moscow, US surveillance, Ukraine, Jon Stewart, Trump, and why he urges young people to have kids.

Huberman Lab · Apr 9, 2025 · 16 min read
Dr. Becky Kennedy: Protocols for Excellent Parenting & Improving Relationships of All Kinds

Dr. Becky Kennedy gives parents a two-part job description, boundaries and empathy, plus scripts that work in every relationship.

Huberman Lab · Apr 9, 2025 · 15 min read
AMA #16: Sleep, Vertigo, TBI, OCD, Tips for Travelers, Gut-Brain Axis & More

Live from Sydney, Andrew Huberman answers questions on travel routines, short sleep, vertigo, brain injury, OCD, fish oil, hormone testing and tongue cleaning.

Huberman Lab · Apr 8, 2025 · 12 min read
Journal Club with Dr. Peter Attia: Effects of Light & Dark on Mental Health & Treatments for Cancer

Huberman and Peter Attia dissect an 86,000-person study on day light and night dark for mental health, and a landmark cancer immunotherapy trial.

Huberman Lab · Apr 7, 2025 · 10 min read
Summary Ama 14 2023 Philanthropy Evening Routine Light Therapy Health Metrics More

Huberman's live AMA: 2023 research funding, evening light routines, winter light, yearly fitness checks, night waking and strength without bulk.

Huberman Lab · Apr 7, 2025 · 18 min read
Rick Rubin: Protocols to Access Creative Energy and Process

Rick Rubin answers listener questions on creative blocks, ignoring outcomes, daily routines, light, meditation, dreams and making art honestly.

Huberman Lab · Apr 7, 2025 · 13 min read
How to Prevent & Treat Colds & Flu

Andrew Huberman explains how colds and flu spread, how immunity works, and which habits and supplements actually help you avoid or beat them.

Huberman Lab · Apr 6, 2025 · 10 min read
LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in Chicago, IL

Huberman answers audience questions on aging brains, shift work, hypnosis, psychedelics, NSDR, daylight saving time and learning.

Huberman Lab · Apr 6, 2025 · 11 min read
Dr. Karen Parker: The Causes & Treatments for Autism

Stanford's Karen Parker explains what drives autism, why oxytocin disappointed, and how low vasopressin may mark and help treat social deficits.

Huberman Lab · Apr 5, 2025 · 14 min read
Dr Natalie Crawford Female Hormone Health Fertility Vitality

Fertility doctor Natalie Crawford explains puberty, cycles, birth control, egg counts, egg freezing, IVF, nutrition, supplements and menopause.

Huberman Lab · Apr 5, 2025 · 11 min read
Dr. Michael Eisenberg: Improving Male Sexual Health, Function & Fertility

Stanford urologist Dr. Michael Eisenberg covers sperm quality, testosterone therapy, erectile dysfunction, prostate health and paternal age.

Huberman Lab · Apr 4, 2025 · 13 min read
Mental Health Toolkit: Tools to Bolster Your Mood & Mental Health

Huberman's toolkit for mood: the big six pillars, nighttime darkness, emotional granularity, cyclic sighing, journaling and processing trauma.

Huberman Lab · Apr 3, 2025 · 12 min read
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy: Efforts & Challenges in Promoting Public Health

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy discusses processed food, rebuilding public trust after COVID, broken care systems, the loneliness crisis and kids on social media.

Huberman Lab · Apr 1, 2025 · 14 min read
Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg: How to Improve Your Eye Health & Offset Vision Loss

Stanford ophthalmology chair Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg covers eye exams, myopia, readers, contacts, LASIK, dry eye, glaucoma and supplements.

Huberman Lab · Mar 31, 2025 · 11 min read
Adderall, Stimulants & Modafinil for ADHD: Short- & Long-Term Effects

Andrew Huberman explains how ADHD medications work in the brain, why stimulants calm, and what's known about dosing, addiction, psychosis and long-term use.

Huberman Lab · Mar 30, 2025 · 13 min read
Dr Satchin Panda Intermittent Fasting To Improve Health Cognition Longevity

Satchin Panda explains why when you eat matters, from mouse longevity data to shift workers, firefighters, caffeine and a 12-hour eating window.

Huberman Lab · Mar 29, 2025 · 10 min read
How to Breathe Correctly for Optimal Health, Mood, Learning & Performance

Andrew Huberman explains the science of breathing and zero-cost tools like the physiological sigh, box breathing and nasal breathing for calm, sleep and focus.