and how did it evolve in the first place? Tweet ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSsleep Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSsleepFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Why do we sleep? We spend a third...
========== [MUSIC][MUSIC]For many of us, the worst moment of every
day goes something like this…[ALARM CLOCK NOISE]That noise marks our daily return from themysterious world that we call sleep. We spend
a third of our lives asleep, yet, other thanthe odd snapshot of a dream here and there,
most of us have no idea what happens afterwe close our eyes.Luckily we’re in good company, because there’s
also a lot scientists don’t know about sleeptoo. For a long time, it was just something
that happened, everyone assumed that our brainswere hitting the reset button and just turning
off for a while. But in the past few decadesit’s become clear that sleep might be the
single most important behavior that humansand other animals experience.It might seem like we don’t do much while
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