According to the CDC over 1/3 of American adults are getting less than the minimum daily recommendation of 7 hours sleep. Sleep deprivation has been proven to increase the risk for many chronic conditions - obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease, just to name a few. This special edition of “The Science of Sleep” published by Popular Science magazine explores what sleep is, what gets in the way of a good nights sleep, what we know about the role of dreaming, and ideas for a