Jumping spiders appear to move their eyes during sleep, similar to the way humans do during REM sleep — raising the question of whether spiders might dream as well. If you have ever seen a close-up ...

Scientists have spent years trying to work out if octopuses, whose brains have some remarkable similarities to our own, have dreams. A recent study even purported that the eight-armed cephalopods can ...

A fun and insightful look into the most frequent dream behaviors in dogs, explaining what experts believe they ...

Young jumping spiders dangle by a thread through the night, in a box, in a lab. Every so often, their legs curl and their spinnerets twitch—and the retinas of their eyes, visible through their ...

In a new study, jumping spiders seem to exhibit similar sleep patterns to humans. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Imagine a ...

The simulation hypothesis states that we are characters in a computer simulation. Scientists have taken this hypothesis seriously I think because it offers interesting potential explanations for a ...

When our eyes move during REM sleep, we're gazing at things in the dream world our brains have created, according to a new study. The findings shed light not only into how we dream, but also into how ...

Your brain cycles through several stages during sleep, and REM sleep might be the most critical. This mysterious phase, where ...

Young jumping spiders dangle by a thread through the night, in a box, in a lab. Every so often, their legs curl and their spinnerets twitch—and the retinas of their eyes, visible through their ...

Anyone with a cat or dog can attest that they seem to experience dreams. As I write this, the sleeping spaniel next to me is making muffled barks, wagging her tail, breathing irregularly, and wiggling ...