Evolution has guided us to spend hours every night in our most vulnerable state – unconscious and unaware. It’s an easy question to ask: what’s the point?
QBI's Deputy Director (research) Professor Linda Richards, and Associate Professor Bruno van Swinderen joined Australia's Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel, on a panel at the World Science Festival in Brisbane in 2018
Is daydreaming the same as night dreaming? Why do we sleep, and what can sleep tell us about our conscious minds? What would happen if we never slept? Associate Professor Bruno van Swinderen answers.