Fact Fly: Why Do We Dream?
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Fact Fly: Why Do We Dream?

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 13, 202633 min

The Fact Fly's One Big Question Why does your brain run its most powerful, most emotional, most gloriously illogical show every single night — while your body lies completely still? Join Lauren and the Fact Fly (the proud keeper of forty-seven dream field reports, convinced he's been visiting an alternate dimension) as they investigate the mysterious science of dreams. From a real university sleep lab where scientists watch brainwaves spike the moment a dream begins, to a microscopic zoom inside the sleeping brain, this episode reveals why dreams feel so real, why their logic makes perfect sense until yo...

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Reading Bug Podcast! Hey there, curious minds. It's me, the Fat Fly. And it's almost time for one big question where we take one giant Y buzzing around your brain and chase down the facts together. Before we dive in, here's a real fact.

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