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AI uses artificial sleep to learn new task without forgetting the last

Many AIs can only become good at one task, forgetting everything they know if they learn another. A form of artificial sleep could help stop this from happening

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Hearing a sound that we associate with a positive experience while we sleep, with the same sound also being played during a specific type of therapy, makes bad dreams occur less frequently

Mind

Nightmares can be eased by hearing sounds linked to good experiences

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Health

Human hibernation sounds fanciful, but it may now be saving lives

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Human hibernation is a real possibility - this is how it might work

Health

Human hibernation is a real possibility - this is how it might work

Features

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Humans

Insomnia success suggests we need more nuanced mental health support

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Masashi Yanagisawa and Emmanuel Mignot

Health

Scientists who discovered cause of narcolepsy win Breakthrough Prize

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A nighttime view of Western Europe is captured by crew members aboard the International Space Station

Health

Streetlights in Europe are getting bluer – that may be bad for health

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Walking with a crying baby is the faster way to encourage the infant to fall asleep

Health

The fastest way to soothe a crying baby, according to science

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Health

Some doses of blue light from screens may not affect your sleep

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Mind

Rapid eye movements during sleep reveal where mice look in dreams

In mice, jerky eye movements in the REM phase of sleep correlate with recordings of brain activity in cells that track head orientation

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Are these spiders dreaming? REM-like sleep exhibited in arachnids

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Health

Breast cancer is more likely to spread during sleep

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Health

Climate change means people are losing 44 hours of sleep per year

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Health

Tracking sleep disruptions could improve nerve pain treatments

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