If you’re burning the midnight oil, you may be burning out brain cells, too, new research shows. A study published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience found that staying awake too long destroys...
Good sleep is necessary for good health. You may believe that a few hours less sleep on a daily basis is okay and not something to get all uptight about. But beware because such a pattern of life...
You may believe that a few hours less sleep on a daily basis is okay and not something to get all uptight about. But beware because such a pattern of life where you get insufficient sleep on a...
In my last article I discussed research that put the “sleep debt” theory to the test. In some ways the theory held up – catch-up sleep helped ward off daytime sleepiness and reduced tissue...
This is the first in a two-part series about the science of sleep. Sleep, science tells us, is a lot like a bank account with a minimum balance penalty. You can short the account a few days a month...
The health benefits of getting enough sleep have received a lot of attention recently. The image of brain fluid cycling rapidly during sleep and washing away amyliod plaques and other noxious ...
For most people how the human brain works remains a mystery, let alone how to hack it. A new Kickstarter campaign created by engineers Joel Murphy and Conor Russomanno aims to change this by putting...