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Sleep

Montana Public Radio | By Sue Ginn

Published February 24, 2014 at 10:14 AM MST

03/01/2014 - Birds do it, bees do it...yet science still can't answer the basic question: why do we sleep? Every creature on the planet sleeps - from giant humpback whales to teeny fruit flies. What does it do for us, and what happens when we go without it? We take a peek at iguanas sleeping with one eye open, get in bed with a pair of sleep-deprived new parents, and eavesdrop on the uneasy dreams of rats.

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