Young jumping spiders dangle by a thread through the night, in a box, in a lab. Every so often, their legs curl and their spinnerets twitch—and the retinas of their eyes, visible through their ...

The study suggests a previously unobserved relationship between body temperature and REM sleep, with REM sleep appearing to act like a 'thermostatically controlled brain heater.' Warm-blooded animal ...

After throwing a punch out of sleep, a man reluctantly goes to his healthcare provider to get further evaluation.If you or a loved one have ever acted out dreams while remaining asleep, it could be a ...

In a recent perspective piece published in the journal Neuron, researchers discussed how stress can disrupt and promote sleep and the biological mechanisms that may underlie these responses. They ...

I was having lunch recently with an animal behaviorist and asked her about that and what she said was along the lines of: There are tons and tons of just plain wrong things that are considered "common ...