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is it possible to catch up on sleep?

  • Written by Alexandra Hansen, Health + Medicine Section Editor/Global Editor, The Conversation
is it possible to catch up on sleep?If you try to go too long without sleep, your body will just force it upon you. Stephen Oliver/Unsplash

It’s Friday and you’re clocking off, and after a few sleepless nights you want to tuck yourself up early and catch up on all the sleep you’ve lost. But does it really work that way?

During sleep our memories from the day are...