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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.

Their need for sleep grew with the size of the group they socialized with.]]>0559/22/2006 9:46:50 PM2006-09-22T21:46:50+01:0054519http://www.plime.com/science/l/54519/1/11813/16/2008 10:35:05 PM2008-03-16T22:35:05+01:0080150http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/80150/1/434410/23/2008 9:29:11 PM2008-10-23T21:29:11+01:0079814http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/79814/1/12010/20/2008 3:19:11 AM2008-10-20T03:19:11+01:0062863http://www.plime.com/science/l/62863/1/12225/23/2008 12:20:33 AM2008-05-23T00:20:33+01:0059287http://www.plime.com/science/l/59287/1/41984/22/2008 1:07:33 PM2008-04-22T13:07:33+01:00130727http://www.plime.com/science/l/130727/1/
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.]]>33028/14/2009 10:30:40 AM2009-08-14T10:30:40+01:0039520http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/39520/1/615410/25/2007 7:46:39 AM2007-10-25T07:46:39+01:0033167http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33167/1/2328/26/2007 7:41:45 AM2007-08-26T07:41:45+01:00135278http://www.plime.com/science/l/135278/1/114811/1/2009 7:35:53 AM2009-11-01T07:35:53+01:0027228http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27228/1/61077/12/2007 11:14:49 PM2007-07-12T23:14:49+01:0033388http://www.plime.com/science/l/33388/1/41188/28/2007 4:41:12 AM2007-08-28T04:41:12+01:0094142http://www.plime.com/science/l/94142/1/3892/12/2009 5:19:46 AM2009-02-12T05:19:46+01:0080484http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/80484/1/1154610/29/2008 12:42:58 AM2008-10-29T00:42:58+01:0013704http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/13704/1/3-123/20/2007 7:01:06 PM2007-03-20T19:01:06+01:0080514http://www.plime.com/science/l/80514/1/04710/29/2008 5:52:40 AM2008-10-29T05:52:40+01:00125370http://www.plime.com/technology/l/125370/1/A 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.]]>74646/22/2009 11:54:50 PM2009-06-22T23:54:50+01:00122183http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/122183/1/
(Interesting column on sleeping and ways to learn about how we sleep).]]>01186/12/2009 12:29:50 AM2009-06-12T00:29:50+01:0092099http://www.plime.com/arts/l/92099/1/How to apply for the job]]>21401/31/2009 5:07:08 PM2009-01-31T17:07:08+01:002149http://www.plime.com/politics/l/2149/1/01010/5/2006 12:26:57 AM2006-10-05T00:26:57+01:00