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"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.

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(Interesting column on sleeping and ways to learn about how we sleep).]]>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/122183/1/http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/122183/1/plime.com
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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.]]>http://www.plime.com/science/l/130727/1/http://www.plime.com/science/l/130727/1/plime.com http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/39520/1/http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/39520/1/plime.com