FOR KIDS: Costs of missing sleep

Some fruit flies do fine without sleep, as long as they?ve got enough to eat

Web edition : Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Not all fruit flies are born equal. Some can skip 12 hours of sleep without missing a beat; others need their beauty rest to keep buzzing. In recent experiments on these two varieties of flies, scientists found that the bugs that skip zzzz?s pay a price to stay awake: They don?t fare as well as well-rested flies when food supplies dwindle.

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