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Science
Wednesday, 6/24, 01:41 AM

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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