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What has puzzled researchers and philosophers for many centuries is the ‘why’ of sleep, along with the ‘how’. We human animals know from experience that we need to sleep, and that the longer we go ...

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Turns out that lying down to catch some Zs is not universal. Some animals skip the whole “horizontal nap” deal and snooze upright like it's no big deal. It's a quirky, gravity-defying habit that makes ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

A comprehensive review published in Brain Medicine demonstrates that disruptions in gut microbiota composition are closely linked to sleep disturbances across multiple disorders, including insomnia, ...