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The Science of Sleep

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Explore the hidden rhythms of sleep, from nighttime brain activity and jet lag to the tiny research animals that helped reveal our biological clocks.

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Sample questions

What is the name of the brain structure that coordinates the human body’s circadian clocks?
Which hormone normally rises in the evening and helps signal that it is time to sleep?
Which animals were central to the body-clock research honored by the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

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