You wake up after a terrible night of sleep, and the fog is immediate: names slip away, your train of thought derails ...

Researchershave found that brain cell activity during sleep is responsible for propelling fluid into, through and out of the brain, cleaning it of debris. There lies a paradox in sleep. Its apparent ...

We have long known that staying physically active helps keep the mind sharp, but the exact mechanical reasons behind this ...

A new study links stress, depression, and aging to dementia via the disruption of glymphatic brain cleaning cycles during sleep.

There lies a paradox in sleep. Its apparent tranquility juxtaposes with the brain’s bustling activity. The night is still, but the brain is far from dormant. During sleep, brain cells produce bursts ...

As if we didn’t have enough reasons to get at least eight hours of sleep, there is now one more. Neurons are still active during sleep. We may not realize it, but the brain takes advantage of this ...

I had written before about the breakthrough studies of mice that showed lymphatic flushing of brain tissue while they slept. Now this phenomenon has been confirmed in humans. During human sleep, ...

All eight episodes of The Boroughs dropped on Netflix today, May 21, 2026, and the show’s central horror device — spider-like monsters crawling through underground tunnels at night to siphon ...