Sleep is one of life’s most universal behaviors. Despite its ubiquity, it’s also one of the most mysterious. Humans spend ...
Sleep may have evolved to help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells long before they became centralized in the brain, a study ...
A new study from the multidisciplinary brain research center at Bar-Ilan University found that jellyfish and sea anemones ...
Experts found that these sea creatures sleep for at least 8 hours a day, a duration often considered ideal for human sleep.
Humans began sleeping as a way to partly help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells, scientists at Bar-Ilan University in Israel ...
Despite not having a brain, jellyfish sleep for around eight hours a day, just like humans according to a new study.
"An ancestral trait." Groundbreaking study finds bizarre similarity between brainless jellyfish and humans: 'Fundamental ...
Jellyfish and sea anemones display human-like sleep, supporting theories about sleep’s role in preserving neurons, even ...
Jellyfish and anemones sleep to repair neuronal DNA damage Jellyfish and sea anemones extend sleep when neuronal DNA is ...
Learn how jellyfish and sea anemones are changing what we know about the evolutionary purpose of sleep.
A new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in ...
Studying ancient sea creatures’ snoozing habits could shed light on the origins of sleep.