Sunday, June 15, 2008

Research News: The Science of Sleep

The News:
The Science of Sleep
Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes explores the latest findings in sleep research

Human beings spend on average one third of our lives asleep. We know we need to sleep, but most of us have never really given a whole lot of thought to why. Why do we spend seven or eight hours a night immobile and unconscious? What really happens inside our brains and bodies while we're sleeping?

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