Why is it so hard to go to bed? Maybe science has the answer | Emma Beddington

I'm an intractable bedtime procrastinator. Why do the sensible thing when I can just lie on the couch, phone in hand, however exhausted I am?

This says nothing good about me, but when I read that Oxford quantum physicists had made an exciting step towards teleportation, my first thought was: Will I live long enough for science to teleport me from the sofa into bed at night?"

I'm an intractable bedtime procrastinator. However exhausted I am, once I achieve couch horizontality, bed seems pointless. With a heated blanket and the whole internet in my hand, why do the sensible thing when I can do what feels good right now?