We recently experienced a very special day - February 12th, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the NAACP, and the two hundredth anniversary of both Abraham Lincoln's and Charles Darwin's ...
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Israeli research traces need for sleep over millions of years of evolution
Bar-Ilan University study shows that even jellyfish and sea anemones repair DNA during repose, underscoring the fact that a ...
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Cracking sleep's evolutionary code: Neuron protection traced back to jellyfish and sea anemones
A new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in ...
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Jellyfish Snooze Like We Do, And It Could Explain The Origins of Sleep
Yet, jellyfish tend to sleep through the night like humans, and even nap around midday. Meanwhile, their close relative, the sea anemone, takes the night shift, sleeping during daylight hours. So ...
Scientists already knew that the pair of shallow coastal ocean dwellers keep very different schedules of downtime: The ...
Studying ancient sea creatures’ snoozing habits could shed light on the origins of sleep.
Sleep is one of life’s most universal behaviors. Despite its ubiquity, it’s also one of the most mysterious. Humans spend ...
In jellyfish and sea anemones, neurons accumulate DNA damage while animals are awake and repair that damage during sleep.
Jellyfish and sea anemones exhibit sleep-like states without brains. Scientists say this discovery rewrites evolution’s timeline, showing sleep may predate complex nervous systems entirely.
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