Sleep may have evolved to help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells long before they became centralized in the brain, a study ...

Animals have evolved to sleep in extreme ways — for example, taking micro naps during parenting, sleeping on the wing during ...

It turns out sleeping isn’t just about resting your eyes, as a new study found that even ancient creatures without eyes — or ...

Jellyfish and sea anemones are curious creatures: these organisms evolved without a brain and, as scientists discovered only ...

Humans and other animals encounter and remember countless experiences each day; when we sleep, groups of cells in the brain known as neuronal ensembles replay these experiences to consolidate them ...

What if we could obtain the memory, learning and perception benefits of “power naps” without actually sleeping? The team first trained five monkeys on a task evaluating image orientations and tested ...

One of the strongest findings on creatine and stress comes from research on sleep deprivation. A 2024 human trial found that a single high dose of creatine improved cognitive performance after 21 ...

The pillow is cold against your cheek. Your upstairs neighbor creaks across the ceiling. You close your eyes; shadows and light dance across your vision. A cat sniffs at a piece of cheese. Dots fall ...

Research shows that people who sleep poorly tend to have brain age that is older than their actual age. Chronic inflammation ...