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In brief

In brief

The coast of La Guaira state, Venezuela, part of the region hit by the earthquakes (file photograph)
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A man pulled alive from the rubble, eight days after Venezuela's earthquakes

  • Rescuers pulled a security guard alive from the wreckage of a collapsed shopping center in Venezuela on July 2, eight days after twin earthquakes killed more than 2,290 people.
  • The dramatic rescue offered a rare moment of hope amid one of the deadliest disasters in the country's modern history.

In brief

In brief

A person asleep in bed
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Why do we sleep? What science knows, and still doesn't

  • Humans spend roughly a third of their lives asleep, and after more than a century of research scientists can describe in remarkable detail what happens during sleep.
  • Yet the deepest question — why the brain demands it at all — remains only partly answered.

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