A new study analyzed the sleep patterns of jellyfish and sea anemones and found they share some sleep traits with humans. The research could provide insight into the origins and function of sleep.

Sleep is one of life’s most universal behaviors. Despite its ubiquity, it’s also one of the most mysterious. Humans spend ...

Study suggests sleep patterns shifted with modern-day habits. July 23, 2014— -- Though closing our eyes and drifting off into unconsciousness is one of the simplest tasks we perform each day, ...

Stanford Medicine researchers published a report on a new model, dubbed SleepFM, that tackles the links between sleep patterns and overall health.

A Stanford AI model trained on nearly 600,000 hours of sleep data can assess future risk for dementia, heart disease and more using one night of sleep, researchers say.

Dopamine in the brain influences movement, learning, motivation and sleep. In humans, problems with dopamine are linked to conditions like ...

Unhealthy sleep patterns and shorter sleep duration are correlated with increased obesity risk in American adults. Sleep pattern scoring provides a more comprehensive predictive indicator for obesity ...

What do humans have in common with jellyfish and sea anemones? You might be thinking, not a lot, but a new study published in Nature Communications shows they do sleep like us and that sleep has a big ...