Revealed: why we need a good night's sleep
Scientists warn of the dangers of sleepless nights after discovering how brain clears out day's mental rubbish
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A video portrait of David Beckham sleeping, by the artist Sam Taylor-Wood, shown at the National Portrait Gallery
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To sleep, perchance to dream, said Hamlet. Now scientists have shown that sleep is more about getting rid of the previous day's mental rubbish than it is about dreaming.
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Perhaps science will soon prove that poking ourselves in the eye is bad for vision, and that breaking an ankle is not, as was previously supposed, good for our health!
Flawed logic in that sentence.
Who'd have thunk it?!
Who previously supposed breaking an ankle was good for health?
How the god squad have managed to make this about God is quite bizarre. Their self confessed teeny tiny brains with minimal intellect and comprehension logically inferring that God exists 'because we dream' is blasphemy in the highest order.
I think you win. To my knowledge and I am none of the above, we need 8 hours under the ages of 25 to 35, more for the kids say 10 and 5 hours above the 50 years. These are the prescribed hours my granny who lived to 104.
I thank you
Firozali A. Mulla
Perhaps it is more interesting to ask exactly what a memory is? Is it a "fact" or is it a smell, an image or taste?! For I often remember the most pointless things at random times which appear to have to relation to anything else. But I am not a philosopher so I will leave these questions to soeone else...
And the brain architecture of a fruit fly may be similar to that of the average Labour minister, but I don't accept that the findings extend to the rest of us.
You probably don't care what an 18 year old girl has to say (most people don't) but I was just so struck by the attacking nature of some of these comments. I'm sorry if i have offended anyone! I was just intrigued, me being a young girl who still has to experience the world! :)
"What is so bad about the monetary system is that it channel's the human ability to channel "faith" (monetary system) into inhuman, oppressive and regressive ideas" - I guess like any other organised religion then?! ;-)
everyone happy now?
you should be- you've all managed to annoy one another no end
me I found it dead entertaining
Did somebody get paid money for reiterating the wisdom of the ages as though he had invented it?
Thankfully a new pharma-regimen has been introduced which shows promise for me. The medicined I speak of is known by its trade-name Xyrem. It's true ID is GHB, also known as the date-rape drug.
Due to the unfortunate actions of a few depraved individuals who have used this chemical to drug unsuspecting women(and men) for their sexual abominations, the FDA has chosen to regulate this drug to the point it is prohibitively expensive for law-abiding and moral people such as myself. I cannot afford this medication without insurance. If not for the regulatory horror of the FDA, I could make the substance myself for less than $20/month. But I doubt these regulations have slowed down the cretans who take advantage of others.
I can only hope that in the near future an epiphany will overcome the world of regulation and decent fold like me will have unfettered access to the medication we need.
But I won't hold my breath.
So I am glad that as a young person I became defiant against all attempts to rob me of sleep. If it was necessary to step on toes I did. Thank goodness. Never had an illness more serious than a cold as a result, and never took more than 2 or 3 sick days a year.