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A new study of nurses shows the importance of sleep—and staying aware on the job.
A team at the University of Basel discovered a connection between antidepressants and REM sleep.
Sleep deprivation leads to a shutdown in the production of essential proteins.
A new study posits that sleep deprivation decreases civic participation.
The quality and duration of your nightly ritual helps define who you are.
Your co-workers could be causing your insomnia.
We know the dangers of too little sleep. Now for the other side of the story.
Forty percent of Americans sleep less than seven hours per night, and that's a problem.
John Cleese was in super sarcastic form during his recent Reddit AMA.
New research on mice at UCLA could hold a key for humans with sleep disorders.
Just imagining movement fires the same neurons as if we were actually moving. A new study shows we can wake our sleeping mind to practice motor skills in our dreams.
Nearly a quarter of Americans rely on sleeping pills—a trend that's feeding obesity and depression levels.
Much of the discussion began during the pandemic, which really brought mental health issues to the forefront.
The sober reality behind the effectiveness of two new drugs touted as Alzheimer's breakthroughs: lecanemab and donanemab.
Decades of Alzheimer's research might have missed a cellular culprit hiding in plain sight.
There's a big difference between the notions of 'false vacuum' and 'true vacuum' states. Here's why we don't want to live in the former.
Only the best physical theories outlast the minds that invented them. Throughout the 20th century, a number of discoveries revolutionized our Universe. The discovery of the interior structure of atoms as […]
Tips from neuroscience and psychology can make you an expert thinker.
Problem-solving skills are in demand. Every job posting lists them under must-have qualifications, and every job candidate claims to possess them, par excellence. Young entrepreneurs make solutions to social and […]
Remedies must honor the complex social dynamics of adolescence.
New studies show that some people can hear and respond to questions while dreaming.
For the first time, it was discovered that nonphotosynthetic bacteria have a circadian clock.
Some mysteries take generations to unfold.
Journalists, doctors, and others you should know.
New anthropological research suggests our ancestors enjoyed long slumbers.
Neuroscientists and ethicists wants to ensure that neurotechnologies remain benevolent.
Our ultimate fate depends on something we’ve barely begun to measure. One of the biggest mysteries in all of physics is dark energy. According to our best observations, the Universe cannot […]
Of course, it's all about where you move. The authors argue that it needs to be less populous regions.
In "The Immortality Key," Brian Muraresku speculates that the Eucharist could have once been more colorful.