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Sleepless folks tend to fall into one of these categories.

Our 24/7 society seems to be slowly robbing us of our slumber, but at what cost? Sleep expert, professor of neuroscience and author of Why we sleep Dr Matthew Walker explores all the ways sleep can…

«Eli Joseph Cossman delightfully noted, “the best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep”.»

The ability to control our dreams is a skill that more of us are seeking to acquire for sheer pleasure. But if taken seriously, scientists believe it could unlock new secrets of the mind

«It has been hard to get someone to lucid dream in the noisy, constrained environment of an fMRI scanner. But it can be done»

Chimps sleep nine hours a night. Cotton-top tamarins sleep about 13. What happened to humans?

Nocturnal wakefulness makes the brain inclined towards addictive behavior, suicidal ideation, and other high-risk situations.