Sleep

Sleep Karate: How a Neurological Disorder Can Make You Act Out Your Dreams

Most of us can probably recall the last vivid dream or nightmare that we’ve had. Maybe it was trekking through a futuristic city worlds away, maybe it was running from a monster with a seemingly familiar presence...

Issue 19

Harnessing the Power of Sleep

Many college students discount the importance of sleep; whether it is to stay up cramming for a test, or to play a new game that was just released, students simply

Issue 18

Livin’ the Dream

For most of us, dreaming is a normal and unremarkable facet of life. But, what if this didn’t have to be the case? What if instead of waking up

Issue 14

Insomnia: Why Students Are Sleeping in Class

It’s no secret that college students struggle to get sleep. Between juggling midterms, homework, and 8:30 a.m. classes, it isn’t just a stereotype that students are

Cover Article

In Your Dreams: Insights from Dream Research

Why Do We Dream? Dreams have held cultural and religious significance throughout history, and in some cases, they have influenced history or culture themselves. James Watson, who won the Nobel

Issue 12

Dravet Syndrome: A Model for Autism and Epilepsy

Autism and epilepsy affect millions of people worldwide and have a profound impact on the lives of patients as well as their friends and family. These disorders are challenging to

Issue 11

Rest Assured

Sleep sets people back. Every night, people stop and doze off; they don’t eat, work, or learn. Evolutionarily, it should be a recessive trait—after all, non-sleepers could get

Issue 6

REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

Everyone has vivid dreams from time to time, and in many of them, dreamers take actions that they wouldn’t necessarily want to replicate in real life. Thankfully, the brain

Issue 3

How the Brain Takes Out the Garbage While You Sleep

Evidence suggesting that sleep is crucial to your health continues to pile up. A recent finding published in Science has shed light on one of the mechanisms behind the restorative

Issue 2

The Hypothalamus: A Sleep Regulation Structure

Until the 1950s, common theories of sleep involved the brain shutting down, or powering off, similar to a car engine. Research since then, however, has shown high levels of activity