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2006-09-22T21:46:50+01:002006-09-22T21:46:50+01:00
"Flies do most things that humans do—they eat, they sleep, they fight, they mate, they forage for food," Ganguly-Fitzgerald told LiveScience. Just as is often the case with humans, flies sleep a lot as young ones, sleep little as they get older, and "stay awake more after being fed caffeine and become sleepy in response to anti-histamine compounds," she said.

One idea scientists have about sleep is that our brains require it to process what we experienced during the day. The researchers found normal fruit flies that were allowed to socialize took hour-long daytime naps, compared to 15-minute catnaps taken by the isolated insects.

Their need for sleep grew with the size of the group they socialized with.]]>79814

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2009-11-05T07:35:09+01:002009-11-05T07:35:09+01:00I couldn't find more reputable sources for this, and it's not really about the flu, but the predicament itself is heartwrenching.]]>80514

2008-10-29T05:52:40+01:002008-10-29T05:52:40+01:00125370

2009-06-22T23:54:50+01:002009-06-22T23:54:50+01:00A system which will lock cars together using sensors and wireless technology, allowing up to ten at a time to cruise in ‘car train’ convoys, could be unveiled within two years.]]>131258

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(Interesting column on sleeping and ways to learn about how we sleep).]]>92099

2009-01-31T17:07:08+01:002009-01-31T17:07:08+01:00How to apply for the job]]>35354

2007-09-11T21:19:14+01:002007-09-11T21:19:14+01:00
Follow-up:

http://www.plime.com/sports/football/l/35142/1/

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2008-05-23T00:20:33+01:002008-05-23T00:20:33+01:0046855

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But now scientists have discovered a gene that determines the amount of sleep we need - and which allows some people to survive on fewer hours.]]>39520

2007-10-25T07:46:39+01:002007-10-25T07:46:39+01:00