Narcolepsy
Users Say the 'Smart Drug' Modafinil Is the New Adderall — Only Better
The FDA approved modafinil to treat narcolepsy, but people are taking it illegally — off-label and without a prescription — to study or work on big projects.
How I Learned to Live with Sleep Paralysis and the Terror That Comes with It
My condition means I have to live with numb limbs, silent screams, and demons that sit on my chest.
Premiere: The New Drenge Song is a Grungy Punch to the Gut
"Never Awake" is the sound of being ignored for too long.
Officials Are Evacuating the City in Kazakhstan Where Villagers Fall Asleep At Random
They're hoping that by rounding everyone up and kicking them out the affliction will just disappear.
Villagers in Kazakhstan Are Falling Asleep En Masse for No Apparent Reason
Classified as an encephalopathy of unclear origin—the highfalutin term for a weird brain disorder we can't figure out—villagers who do not simply keel over while moving or working report feeling weakness, dizziness, and memory and motor control loss.
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Motherboard's week that was: future sex toys, the Syrian weapons crisis as an acid dream, sleep paralysis