As someone who’s spent years working at the intersection of humanities and AI, I can tell you the science behind sleep ...

VICE Quebec recently visited neuroscience researcher Claudia Picard-Deland at the Dream and Nightmare Laboratory in Montreal’s Sacre-Coeur Hospital to discover the science of learning while you sleep.

Have you ever wondered what actually happens in the brain during sleep? While your body appears still and at rest, your brain remains highly active, carrying out essential processes that keep you ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Maddy has a ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: We have evolved a sleep cycle that goes from non-REM to REM sleep and back again, but until now, the biological function of this oscillation was ...

Late-night scrolling isn’t the only thing sabotaging your slumber. New research suggests that a common daily habit may send your brain into overdrive while you sleep — even if you do it hours before ...

Andrew Daniels and John Gilpatrick discuss how this mysterious phenomenon could let you rehearse life itself. What if you could learn how to play an instrument, practice for a job interview, or battle ...

It’s been known for millennia that the human body accumulates waste as a result of day-to-day functioning, but it’s now recognized that the awake, active brain also builds up waste that negatively ...