8 April 2022
Most ideas about the function of dreams involve memory consolidation or managing emotions, but dreams may also serve to increase our sense of togetherness when they are shared with others
30 April 2020
Lockdown measures and pandemic-related anxiety may be making you have more vivid dreams. Evidence suggests talking about them can help
5 December 2018
The creator of cult comics Watchmen and Halo Jones is an occultist, but his love of science shows in the way he plays with quantum characters and consciousness
28 August 2018
When we're under general anaesthesia, we are still internally conscious and we even have dreams, but we don't remember them because anaesthesia gives us amnesia
18 July 2018
For the first time, researchers have got evidence that dreams help soothe the impact of emotional events in our lives, acting like overnight therapy
10 July 2018
When Rowan Hooper went to Arizona to explore the purpose of dreams, he found himself among “experts” in using dreams to talk to dead people and diagnose cancer
22 March 2018
Why are dreams so weird, what are they for, and do they mean anything? Here’s what science can tell us about our adventures in the land of nod
21 March 2018
Dreams play a key role in boosting creative thought, memory, learning and even mental health. Now modern life may be cutting them short, with serious consequences
21 March 2018
Having more dreams each night could be key to mental well-being. Here’s what to do – and what to avoid – if you want to increase your dose
27 February 2018
Everyone knows that in advertising sex sells, and it turns out that sex-themed adverts even work on rhesus macaques
