Humans began sleeping as a way to partly help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells, scientists at Bar-Ilan University in Israel ...

A new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in ...

In jellyfish and sea anemones, neurons accumulate DNA damage while animals are awake and repair that damage during sleep.

Learn how jellyfish and sea anemones are changing what we know about the evolutionary purpose of sleep.

Experts found that these sea creatures sleep for at least 8 hours a day, a duration often considered ideal for human sleep.

With increased DNA damage from UV radiation or other reasons, the researchers also observed the jellyfish and sea anemones ...

Organisms like eukaryotes and prokaryotes have sophisticated mechanisms of DNA repair after damage. Failure of repairing the DNA damage is considered to be the cause of induction of cell death, ...