Dreams are more common than you may think.On average, you have between one to six dreams a night, the strongest occurring during REM sleep. Nobody remembers all the dreams they have, but if you've ...

In the late 1800s scientists began to interrogate the neurological basis of dreams. That changed in Sigmund Freud’s time but ...

Blending in with your surroundings is a crucial (and fascinating) skill in the animal kingdom, which is why many animals can ...

We actually always dream when we sleep, even if we don't remember our dreams all the time. This raises the question we have all wondered about at some point or the other in our lives: ...

Every night, we all let go of our consciousness and literally disconnect from the world for hours — not a clear evolutionary advantage — so, why do we sleep and dream asks Robert Lawrence Kuhn.

But why do our dreams feel so real? When we sleep, the activity of the prefrontal cortex of our brain – which controls our rational judgment – decreases.

If you like to drink a glass of warm milk before bed, it might interfere with your sleep. A recent study found a link between ...

During REM sleep you're completely paralyzed so that you don't act out your dreams. And so when you feel like your feet are in quicksand or you're moving in slow motion, in fact, that is usually a ...

Scientists jut changed the rules of what you can do while you sleep. A new experiment shows it's possible to talk to dreaming people—and actually hear back.

Any sleep tracker will show you that slumber is far from a passive affair. And no stage of sleep demonstrates that better than rapid eye movement, or REM, commonly called dream sleep.

Jumping spiders might be able to sleep—perchance to dream. You might have more in common with this sleepy spiderling than you think. By Lauren J. Young. Published Aug 12, 2022 8:00 AM EDT.