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How the strangeness of our dreams reveals their true purpose

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How the strangeness of our dreams reveals their true purpose

A new explanation for dreaming suggests it does something far more profound than reinforcing learning as we sleep. It might even explain our love of stories

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Why does 'falling' in dreams happen?

Regulars

Illustration of a doctor's dream that involved her investigating quails' eggs as a possible covid-19 cure

Mind

How coronavirus is affecting your dreams – and what to do about it

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A man covered in fake blood is being scared by another man holding a chainsaw and a woman with a scarred face who's holding him down

Mind

Scientists studied a ‘haunted house’ to understand why we love horror

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Dream on: My year pursuing the third state of being

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Dream on: My year pursuing the third state of being

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We dream even when under general anaesthetic

Health

We dream even when under general anaesthetic

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A woman sleeping

Mind

A drug's weird side effect lets people control their dreams

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girl in lights

Mind

We've started to uncover the true purpose of dreams

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My weekend in the desert trying to experience dream telepathy

Humans

My weekend in the desert trying to experience dream telepathy

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An oddly coloured landscape

Humans

The dreams you forget are the most important for learning

Dreams help us store memories, enabling us to learn. Now a study has revealed that it’s the boring dreams we have during deep sleep that are the most important

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Humans

Dreams decoded: 6 answers to the mysteries of the sleeping mind

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Health

We must all wake up to the need for a good lie-in at the weekend

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Life

5 ways to boost your dreams and improve your health

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Life

Why dreaming is vital: Unlocking the power of REM sleep

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