Articles for tag: future of humanity, human evolution, sleep deprivation, Sleep science, why we sleep

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Could Humans Evolve to Live Without Sleep?

Suhail Ahmed

Imagine a world where humans never need to sleep. No more groggy mornings, no more lost productivity during the dark hours, no more missing out on life for eight precious hours each night. It sounds like science fiction, but recent discoveries about rare genetic mutations that allow some people to function perfectly on just four ...

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Why Some People Need Less Sleep Than Others

Suhail Ahmed

Every friend group has one: the person who swears they feel fantastic on five hours of sleep and still beats you to the sunrise. It sounds unfair, even suspicious, until you look under the hood of biology. For years, scientists framed sleep need as a one-size-fits-most rule, and for the vast majority that’s right. But ...