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True Happiness Revisited?

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Submitted by mindyhuskins on Fri, 04/08/2011 - 7:56pm

I just happened upon this article that claims that scientists have found a mutated gene that allows people to be "short sleepers", meaning they can naturally run on only a few hours of sleep with no harmful side effects. These people are also more upbeat, ambitious, thinner, and dare I say it, "happier". The scientists are currently thinking about how to manipulate this gene so everyone could potentially have this opportunity. Sound familiar? Here's the link.

 

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/112502/why-people-can-run-on-little-sleep-wsj

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