What If You Never Slept Again?

What happens if you never sleep again? In this animated "what if" story, we give someone 2,920 free hours a year and follow what happens to the brain, the body and daily life, from the first sleepless night to day three. Keywords: what if you never slept, what happens if you never sleep, never sleep again, sleep deprivation, no sleep, 24 hours awake, brain science, sleep science, sleep facts, adenosine, microsleep, Randy Gardner, what if series, animated science, science explainer, sleep and brain, effects of no sleep CHAPTERS 0:00 3 a.m. 0:25 26 years asleep 0:41 The rule 1:23 2,920 extra hours 2:17 The night shift 3:06 Day three 4:21 3:12 a.m. 6:11 Fourteen hours 6:48 What would you do? WHAT YOU'LL LEARN Why we all need sleep: how much of our life we spend asleep What adenosine does and why coffee doesn't fix sleep pressure What sleep deprivation does to memory, mood and reaction time Randy Gardner, the 11-day waking record from 1963 New videos every week. Subscribe for more "what if" science. This is a fictional story. The power isn't real, the science around it is. #sleep #whatif #sleepscience