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Re:Researchers suggest that R.E.M. sleep serves to warm the ... by nonbel on Monday June 11, 2018 @07:59AM (#17283517)
>"this kind of research is exactly why we should be investing MORE not less in pure science."

I disagree. Look at the paper: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)...

Can you point out where they even report the temperature of the brain/brainstem? This looks like it is just wild speculation.

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Re:Researchers suggest that R.E.M. sleep serves to warm the ... by godshatter on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @10:57AM (#17293817)
Agreed. Hopefully someone will so we can get some good data on this.
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