![]() What is it that sleep does for our brains? Now researchers at the University of Rochester have demonstrated that when mice sleep, their brains flush away cellular waste-including beta-amyloid, a substance associated with Alzheimer’s. ![]() What scientists didn’t understand was why. Prior research has shown that sleep deprivation leads to bad decision-making (um, Mr. So I was interested to read a report in the New York Times on a new study explaining why we need to sleep. Boasting about not needing sleep is such an unattractive way of being holier-than-thou-even worse, I think, than those people who can’t be bothered to eat. These days, I’m always resentful when I read about some Lord of the Universe who doesn’t waste time on such a petty practice as hitting the pillow. I started slowing down when I had kids, and the slowing down hasn’t stopped since. I got all the way through college skimping on sleep. When I was a kid, I was always the first up at our house in the morning. President Obama himself doesn’t need much sleep. Historically, the all-time-champion non-sleeper may have been electrical wizard Nicola Testa, who got by on two hours a night. It’s also common among highly successful people-what the Wall Street Journal calls the “sleepless elite.” The list of famous folks who by rights should be dragging their asses includes Madonna (four hours a night), Martha Stewart (also four), Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer (four to six), Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and Donald Trump. Sleep deprivation is common among tech workers, who may work for days on end while getting systems up and running. ![]() ![]() The team of computer experts from inside and outside government-the “best and the brightest,” according to administration officials-is putting the pedal to the metal to find fixes for the balky system, and that means one thing: The best and the brightest will be getting less sleep. The White House has announced a “tech blitz” to take on the glitches at that have been thwarting millions of Americans attempting to sign up for health insurance. ![]()
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