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Why Do People Sleep? Surprisingly, Nobody Knows

May 8, 2013May 8, 2013 / lionstalkscience / 5 Comments

By: Jordan Gaines, 2nd year PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Graduate Program Why do people eat? The answer is obvious: to convert food into energy for us to do work. We wouldn't be able to move or think otherwise, and lack of food would eventually starve us to death. Now consider: why do people sleep? According to … Continue reading Why Do People Sleep? Surprisingly, Nobody Knows

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