<story><title>A molecule called ‘Sandman’ could help solve the ‘mystery of sleep’</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/08/03/a-molecule-called-sandman-could-help-solve-the-mystery-of-sleep/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jjallen</author><text>&lt;i&gt;to some of us (ahem, yours truly) the idea that there&amp;#x27;s a &amp;quot;mystery of sleep&amp;quot; might seem a bit, well, strange. Don&amp;#x27;t we sleep because we get tired?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Quotes like this are typical of the American tendency to be pseudo-proud of being unintelligent, uneducated or apathetic.  I&amp;#x27;m surprised they included it and disappointed they did.  Perhaps to help the readership identify with the columnist?  But then again the readers are actually reading something scientific, so I don&amp;#x27;t get it.</text></comment>
<story><title>A molecule called ‘Sandman’ could help solve the ‘mystery of sleep’</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/08/03/a-molecule-called-sandman-could-help-solve-the-mystery-of-sleep/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>daughart</author><text>It would be great if this opened the door to sleep aids that activated the brain&amp;#x27;s natural sleep induction mechanisms, as opposed to today&amp;#x27;s sleep aids, which are basically just sedative&amp;#x2F;CNS depressant&amp;#x2F;muscle relaxers.</text></comment>