Want to wake up feeling great? The secret might not be so simple as a multi-step nighttime routine, early bedtime, or a no-device rule. A new study suggests that how we fall asleep and how we wake up the next day may not be so similar as we once thought. Neuroscientists tracked 20 people’s brain […]
Most Cats Sleep on Their Left Side, and Scientists Think They Know Why
If you’re a cat owner, chances are you spend an unhealthy amount of time scrolling through your photo gallery, reviewing adorable photos of your cats for the thousandth time. While doing so, perhaps you’ve noticed that your cats appear to favor a certain side while sleeping. And if that happens to be the left side, […]
Climate Disasters Hit the Brain Before Babies Are Even Born, Study Suggests
When Superstorm Sandy made a beeline for New York City in October 2012, it flooded huge swaths of downtown Manhattan, leaving 2 million people without electricity and heat and damaging tens of thousands of homes. The storm followed a sweltering summer in New York City, with a procession of heat waves nearing 100 degrees. For […]
Scientists Kept People’s Eyes Open While They Slept, Revealing Surprising Brain Activity
Though sleep is a time to power down and replenish our energy, our brains remain surprisingly active when we’re at rest. In fact, more goes on behind our closed eyelids than we previously thought, according to a team of researchers that recently analyzed eye movements during slumber. In a study published Wednesday in the journal […]
Scientists Are Developing Brain Implants That Could Revolutionize Parkinson’s Treatment
While there is no cure for Parkinson’s disease, an upcoming experiment offers hope to the more than 10 million people living with the disorder that a breakthrough may be on the horizon. A team of researchers, led by scientists from the University of Cambridge, are planning to develop a new kind of brain implant from […]