What 'elite sleepers' can tell us all about the eight hour myth - The Telegraph

The genes of Donald Trump and Elon Musk could help us to understand dementia – and why our obsession with nightly hours is misplaced

History is full of high achievers who claimed to need only a few hours sleep a night from Leonardo da Vinci to Margaret Thatcher to Elon Musk. Now, research into so-called elite sleepers who fall asl… [+3155 chars]

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