Sleep is one of the hottest topics in science today. Insomnia and sleeping too little are practically epidemic in modern societies, and many of us are guilty of sacrificing our sleep for a myriad of seemingly compelling reasons.

On average, we spend one third of our lives in slumber land. For something that we do naturally for one third of our lives, we know surprisingly little about it. Chasing Sleep is a ground breaking medical series that will make a sleep guru out of you. Why do we need to sleep? Why is sleep so hard to get for some, and how does that affect everything from our performance to our income?