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Why Do We Die Without Sleep?

The Joy of Why

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Do Cave Fish Need Less Sleep?

Cave fish got trapped a few hundred thousand years ago in all these different caves. And one of the things that we were particular interested in is sleep. And it looks like, well, we know now they sleep less. And our hypothesis is that's because there's limited food when you're asleep,. So what, more broadly, are these cav fish telling us about sleep? i want to understand that a little better.

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