{"id":426,"date":"2025-06-19T07:04:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T07:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/insomnia\/?p=426"},"modified":"2025-06-19T07:04:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T07:04:28","slug":"sleep-is-your-superpower-matt-walker-ted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/insomnia\/?p=426","title":{"rendered":"Sleep Is Your Superpower | Matt Walker | TED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5MuIMqhT8DM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sleep is your life-support system and Mother Nature&#8217;s best effort yet at immortality, says sleep scientist Matt Walker. In this deep dive into the science of slumber, Walker shares the wonderfully good things that happen when you get sleep &#8212; and the alarmingly bad things that happen when you don&#8217;t, for both your brain and body. 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