A new study from the multidisciplinary brain research center at Bar-Ilan University found that jellyfish and sea anemones were the first to present one of sleep’s core functions.

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 ...

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 ...

The short term effects of sleep deprivation are well documented; cognitive fog, reduced alertness and an impaired ability to regulate emotions, to name just a few. Now, a Swedish study has shed more ...

When sleep is skipped, the brain tries to sneak in those fluid pulses during wakefulness, especially when attention slips. "One way to think about those events is that your brain is so in need of ...

Abnormal behavior during rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep may signal deteriorating cognitive ability, a local study showed Monday. Researchers at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital looked at ...

Even three consecutive nights of reduced sleep can trigger spikes in blood proteins tied to heart disease risk. This effect occurs in young, healthy men — not just older individuals with preexisting ...