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06Nov/17

Deep sleep: Even jellyfish need their slumber

November 6, 2017ScienceAnimals, Branches of biology, California, California Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology faculty, Cassiopea, Cassiopeidae, Contents, Greater Los Angeles Area, Jellyfish, PASADENA, Pasadena California, San Gabriel Valley, Sleep, Sleep deprivation, Sleep in non-human animals, United States, V-12 Navy College Training Programsmbale

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (CALTECH) – A brainless, spineless, pulsating organism has a key behaviour in common with humans: sleep. Continue reading →

25Sep/17

Our sleep patterns inherited from hunter-gatherers, says study

September 25, 2017ResearchAnthropology, Articles, Biology, Branches of biology, Canada, Company: Sentinel, DAVID SAMSON, Dream, fitbit-like devices, Human, Jim Drury, Mississauga, Neurophysiology, Neuroscience, Physiology, Samson, Sleep, Sleep in non-human animals, Tanzania, Toronto, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Mississaugasmbale

A study of a remote Africa tribe wearing actigraphs suggests for the first time that a 50-year-old theory on animal sleep patterns applies to humans, as Jim Drury reports. Continue reading →