Robert McDonald stayed awake for 453 hours and 40 minutes (nearly 19 days) - an achievement so dangerous it prompted Guinness World Records to stop monitoring the challenge altogether.
After 50 years of research, eminent Stanford University sleep researcher William Dement reportedly said the only solid explanation he knows for why we slee
Mignot was awarded the Breakthrough Prize for uncovering the cause of narcolepsy, a widespread chronic disorder disrupting sleep-wake patterns and causing sudden attacks of sleep.