What A Terrible Idea!

This week's episode is part 1 of our new mini-series on Sleep. Part 1 today is focussed on why sleep is important and what the impact of lack of sleep can be, both short term and long term. The biggest take home from this week... Sleep deprivation seems to impact almost all aspects of health and life. We spend >>36% asleep so we know its pretty important. That's the equivalent of 32 years if you live to the ripe old age of 90.  Listen to this episode if you want to get a better idea about: - Which animal sleeps the most and least? - Why we sleep - What the short and long term consequences of deprivation are - Which animal has the longest penis Why we sleep?  So no-one really knows why we sleep or why every animal has developed the need to sleep but we do know there are a whole host of negative implications from not getting enough sleep.  Sleep is helps us rejuvenate. Some genes only switch on when we sleep. Sleep is responsible for replicating dna. Sleep also plays a role in destroying