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 Scientists: Is Sleep Essential?

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Date posted: 28/08/2008

Writing in the latest PLoS Biology, researchers from the University of Wisconsin, Madison are wondering whether sleep is really a biological necessity, or maybe it's just a function created by evolution to kill time and avoid stress.

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