Dreams

Nuevas investigaciones sobre el cerebro de las aves y su sueño REM nos dan pistas sobre la evolución de nuestros propios sueños.

What new research on the avian brain and REM sleep in birds might reveal about our own dream lives.

Researchers are documenting a phenomenon that seems to help the dying, as well as those they leave behind.

Republicans demanded a border crackdown but have rejected a bipartisan plan to impose one, underscoring the intractable politics of the issue in an election year.

Kenneth Miller’s “Mapping the Darkness” takes on the turbulent study of sleeping, its heroes and villains and its ongoing fight for respect.

The judge maintained that President Barack Obama exceeded his authority when he created the program, which has allowed thousands of young undocumented immigrants to avoid deportation and work legally.

“All of it: horrible,” says the beloved cartoonist. “Sorry.”

In a study that has yet to be peer-reviewed, scientists documented behavior in a captive cephalopod that they say looks very similar to a bad dream.

Legislative initiatives to overhaul immigration policy have fallen flat as partisan differences and other rifts have scuttled attempts at compromise.

When all the rational decision-making options are bad, relying on dreams offers a different kind of logic that can be a lifesaver in its own way.