In a society that often glorifies productivity and constant activity, sleep frequently becomes relegated to negotiable status—something to sacrifice for work deadlines, social obligations, or even ...

Dan Denis receives funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101028886. Twenty-six years. That is roughly how ...

We all know that particular sleepy sensation that we feel when we are tired or after a long day. Were you aware that this is the beginning of a whole complex cycle in our brains? Once we close our ...

All human beings need sleep. We spend a third of our lives asleep, and it’s as important as food, water or air to our survival. While scientists are still working to understand the exact nature of ...

Your teen’s sleeping habits may affect how their brain functions, according to new research from the University of Georgia. And lack of quality sleep may put kids at risk of developing problem ...

Twenty-six years. That is roughly how much of our lives are spent asleep. Scientists have been trying to explain why we spend so much time sleeping since at least the ancient Greeks, but pinning down ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sai writes about healthcare, innovation and technology. The value of sleep has been celebrated as early as the dawn of life itself ...

Nature and Science of Sleep is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal covering all aspects of sleep science and sleep medicine, including the neurophysiology and functions of sleep, the ...

We’ve all heard it: get your seven to eight hours of sleep if you want to live a long, healthy life. But a rare group of individuals are turning this age-old advice on its head. They’re sleeping for ...

A new study from the multidisciplinary brain research center at Bar-Ilan University found that jellyfish and sea anemones ...