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Weekend lie-ins don’t compensate for week-long exhaustion
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Sleeping until noon on Saturday and Sunday offers no protection from the effect of a sleep deficit built up Monday through Friday. Credit: Eric Anthony Johnson/Getty
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Nature 567, 9 (2019)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00723-8