Sleep is the best medicine we can prescribe ourselves. Yet many of us sleep too little. Because modern life puts pressure on sleep, health and our most precious organ, the brain - and we feel it quickly if our sleep is challenged. Humans and mammals thrive better, are more awake, and are better at keeping diseases at bay when we sleep well.

But why do we actually sleep? What happens in the brain and what is the secret behind good sleep? And how can we help ourselves to a night of better sleep?

Dive into the fascinating universe of sleep with sleep experts and researchers right here in our theme about sleep, While you sleep.

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