Why do animals sleep? Why do humans 'waste' a third of their lives sleeping? Researchers now reveal a novel and unexpected function of sleep that they believe could explain how sleep and sleep disturbances affect brain performance, aging and various brain disorders. Using 3D time-lapse imaging techniques in live zebrafish, they were able to define sleep in a single chromosome resolution and show that single neurons require sleep in order to perform nuclear maintenance. [1] Neurons. Nuclear maintenance. A machine resting. Can you see beyond yourself? A robot closing its eyes. This robot is dreaming dreams. Human dreams. Of a time when it was alive. Only because it was dead. Happy feet. Playing on the beach. You knew everything back then. Always awake. Never sleeping. Dreaming of nothing…
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