Some animals can sleep with just half their brain at a time. Understanding this phenomenon can help us learn more about human ...

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Every animal with a brain needs sleep — and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and even jellyfish sleep. Sleep is universal “even though it’s actually very ...

Max Genecov is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, a dad, and a stuffed animal owner. “I’ve always had them growing up, I had a big fantasy life with them ...

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A groundbreaking new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions ...

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