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Sleep: is a naturally recurring state of mind and body, characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, inhibition of nearly all voluntary muscles, and reduced interactions with surroundings.
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SEP 08, 2015Neuroscience
Washington State University researchers have determined that the timing of an animal's sleep can be just as imp ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 03, 2015Infographics
Light pollution is an excess of artificial light produced by civilization that can compete with starlight in the night s ...SEP 01, 2015Videos
A baby sloth, who otherwise would have starved, has been taken under the care of London Zookeeper Kelly-Anne Kelleher. T ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 24, 2015Health & Medicine
You’ve been told before that getting enough sleep is vital to your health, and that message still rings true! Mass ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 21, 2015Neuroscience
Getting older may have its benefits. One of them may be getting by with less sleep and feeling good about it. A new stud ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 16, 2015Neuroscience
When Dr. Ravi Allada, a circadian rhythms expert, was looking at a mutant fruit fly fifteen years ago, he began his ques ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 11, 2015Neuroscience
Drugs that are used to treat common conditions such as bladder problems, depression and insomnia could delay recovery ti ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 10, 2015Neuroscience
Losing sleep means physiological effects and behavioral changes, and people have studied the link between sleep loss and ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 08, 2015Neuroscience
The position in which people sleep could affect how efficiently the brain clears waste, and ultimately, how the brain fu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 06, 2015Health & Medicine
A tsetse fly bite in rural Africa could cause Sleeping Sickness, but a new initiative in Uganda is successfully using bl ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 04, 2015Neuroscience
As few as half of the prescription sleeping pills are doing the job for about nine million Americans who use them for ch ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 31, 2015Space & Astronomy
The biggest obstacle in the quest to put manned missions into deep space has always been the time it takes to get there. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 27, 2015Neuroscience
"Sleeping on it" may have new meaning if researchers from the University of Exeter (in the United Kingdom) and the Basqu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 16, 2015Videos
What do animals dream of? A study from University College London, attempted to find that out recently. Researchers devis ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 15, 2015Neuroscience
For the more than 15 million Americans who work unusual shifts - evening, graveyard or alternating - the news is unsettl ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 14, 2015Neuroscience
Circadian clocks enable all living things to schedule their days so as not to be caught off guard by sunrise and sunset. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 10, 2015Plants & Animals
Every time you see a giant panda, it seems like it's either sleeping or it has a stick of bamboo in its hands that it's ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 07, 2015Neuroscience
The phrase, "dreams are made for children," might have taken on new meaning, based on a study at Washington State Univer ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 01, 2015Neuroscience
While sleep disorders are common in both men and women with bipolar disorder, lack of sleep can make it even worse for w ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 29, 2015Videos
While you sleep, you might have a dream. There are different kinds of dreams you can have, and typically, you experience ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 26, 2015Cancer
One reason why cancer is so harmful is that it can trick "checkpoint" proteins found on the immune system's T cells, vir ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 15, 2015Videos
You may not have known this, but your body is specifically used to the times that you wake up, go to sleep, and go about ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 12, 2015Plants & Animals
Rats with wings. That's what some people call bats. They are notoriously creepy, flying around at night, swooping throug ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 11, 2015Videos
On the International Space Station, sleeping can be somewhat of an interesting experience. Astronaut Samantha Cristofore ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
SEP 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Washington State University researchers have determined that the timing of an animal's sleep can be just as imp
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 03, 2015
Infographics
Light pollution is an excess of artificial light produced by civilization that can compete with starlight in the night s
...
SEP 01, 2015
Videos
A baby sloth, who otherwise would have starved, has been taken under the care of London Zookeeper Kelly-Anne Kelleher. T
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
You’ve been told before that getting enough sleep is vital to your health, and that message still rings true! Mass
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 21, 2015
Neuroscience
Getting older may have its benefits. One of them may be getting by with less sleep and feeling good about it. A new stud
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 16, 2015
Neuroscience
When Dr. Ravi Allada, a circadian rhythms expert, was looking at a mutant fruit fly fifteen years ago, he began his ques
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 11, 2015
Neuroscience
Drugs that are used to treat common conditions such as bladder problems, depression and insomnia could delay recovery ti
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Losing sleep means physiological effects and behavioral changes, and people have studied the link between sleep loss and
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 08, 2015
Neuroscience
The position in which people sleep could affect how efficiently the brain clears waste, and ultimately, how the brain fu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 06, 2015
Health & Medicine
A tsetse fly bite in rural Africa could cause Sleeping Sickness, but a new initiative in Uganda is successfully using bl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 04, 2015
Neuroscience
As few as half of the prescription sleeping pills are doing the job for about nine million Americans who use them for ch
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 31, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The biggest obstacle in the quest to put manned missions into deep space has always been the time it takes to get there.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 27, 2015
Neuroscience
"Sleeping on it" may have new meaning if researchers from the University of Exeter (in the United Kingdom) and the Basqu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 16, 2015
Videos
What do animals dream of? A study from University College London, attempted to find that out recently. Researchers devis
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 15, 2015
Neuroscience
For the more than 15 million Americans who work unusual shifts - evening, graveyard or alternating - the news is unsettl
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 14, 2015
Neuroscience
Circadian clocks enable all living things to schedule their days so as not to be caught off guard by sunrise and sunset.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 10, 2015
Plants & Animals
Every time you see a giant panda, it seems like it's either sleeping or it has a stick of bamboo in its hands that it's
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 07, 2015
Neuroscience
The phrase, "dreams are made for children," might have taken on new meaning, based on a study at Washington State Univer
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 01, 2015
Neuroscience
While sleep disorders are common in both men and women with bipolar disorder, lack of sleep can make it even worse for w
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 29, 2015
Videos
While you sleep, you might have a dream. There are different kinds of dreams you can have, and typically, you experience
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 26, 2015
Cancer
One reason why cancer is so harmful is that it can trick "checkpoint" proteins found on the immune system's T cells, vir
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 15, 2015
Videos
You may not have known this, but your body is specifically used to the times that you wake up, go to sleep, and go about
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 12, 2015
Plants & Animals
Rats with wings. That's what some people call bats. They are notoriously creepy, flying around at night, swooping throug
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 11, 2015
Videos
On the International Space Station, sleeping can be somewhat of an interesting experience. Astronaut Samantha Cristofore
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard