Poor sleep affects nearly every organ system and influences many morbidity and mortality causes, so screening for sleep sufficiency and quality should be prioritized.

A star-filled sky has long been a source of awe and inspiration, and its loss adversely affects human, nonhuman, and environmental health.

Neuroscience should be at the core of a sound sleep health curriculum, especially in early classroom-based medical education. 

Clinicians can offer expertise about physiological and psychological consequences of sleep deprivation, which inform what legally counts as torture.

This issue investigates how sleep is a communal natural resource and a basic physiological need that deserves our ethical attention and stewardship.

Behaviorally induced insufficient sleep syndrome can exacerbate morning side effects of prescription sleep aids, and there are potentially serious long-term risks.

A paradigm shift in circadian science is underway, exposing ethical tensions from a legacy of pervasive neglect of circadian disorders.

A transition to organoids and organ-on-a-chip technologies would signal a paradigm shift in biomedical research.

Whether and to what extent constitutional equal protection should apply to some nonhuman animals can be considered in light of corporations having gained such protection.

Historically, most discussions about nonhuman animal experimentation consider what has become known as the 3 R’s: refinement, reduction, and replacement.