One key role of sleep involves cerebrospinal fluid, which surrounds and protects the brain. During sleep, CSF helps remove waste that accumulates during waking hours. In a 2019 study, Lewis and her ...

"Sleeping Beauty," from first-time writer-director Julia Leigh, an accomplished novelist, promptly establishes a dark and ominous in short order, but then limps forward toward an anticlimactic ending ...

Frustratingly opaque, Australian novelist-turned-filmmaker Julia Leigh’s debut feature opens with an unforgettable image: A young woman, earning some extra cash as a medical-research subject, ...

“Sleep is for the weak” may sound like a motivational slogan, but science tells us otherwise. In our fast-paced world of deadlines, late-night scrolling, and endless responsibilities, sleep is often ...