"In Dreams" by Samuel Blain is an award-winning short film that combines animation and live action as four people tell the stories of their most vivid, memorable dreams. Each person's head is reimagined to match the dream that they're speaking about. The essence of my dreams often lingers over me all throughout the next day. If my head was made out of my dream from last night, it would look like a giant entanglement of headphones and chargers.
In this surreal short film, people describe their most vivid, memorable dreams
Controlling your dreams for fun and science
A lucid dream is one in which you're aware of the fact that you're dreaming and can often control what happens. It's a powerful skill to develop with many delightful applications: dream debauchery, amplifying creativity, practicing athletic skills, managing psychological stressors, etc. Recently though, sleep scientists have renewed their interest in lucid dreaming as a… READ THE REST
A person in a dream co-authored a math paper
I don't understand the 1985 paper, "Higher Algebraic K-Theory of Schemes and of Derived Categories [PDF]," by Robert Wayne Thomason and Thomas Trobaugh. But Thomason's introduction is fascinating. He says the paper was co-written by a simulacrum of his late friend Thomas Trobaugh who appeared in Thomason's dreams. The first author must state that his… READ THE REST
Advertisers trying to target your dreams
"Dream incubation advertising" is an experimental marketing technique that uses audio and video to shape the content of your dreams. The journal Science surveys the field and reports on a group of legit dream researchers "calling for the regulation of commercial dream manipulation," which does have some real science behind it. For example, earlier this… READ THE REST
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We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. As we all know, the world is digitalizing by the minute. With the holidays quickly approaching and hopefully some time off from work to finally reflect on the year, the perfect… READ THE REST
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We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. It's time to stow away that ruler of yours. Yes, that one that's acted as your trusty ruler for years. We've discovered something that will make measuring less complicated, and it's… READ THE REST
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We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. Even if you think you're a dainty sleeper, the numbers don't lie. Nearly half of U.S. adults snore occasionally, and another quarter snore regularly. For the sake of your partner or… READ THE REST
