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Sparrows don’t need much sleep, UW finds

Researchers trying to determine when migrating birds sleep have concluded that a type of sparrow gets by on very little — and without suffering negative effects….The finding could help to better understand sleep in humans and might someday benefit sufferers of sleep disorders, according to Ruth Benca, a professor of psychiatry at the UW Medical School. (AP article in 7/13 print edition of The Capital Times)