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An ethnic Uighur man takes a nap on a board as his goat, which is tied to the board, stands next to him at a demolition site in Aksu, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, western China, on August 13, 2012.
Have you ever wondered whether counting sheep really does help you to fall asleep? Find out what happened when scientists at Oxford University put the theory to the test.
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Participants rest before a scientific seminar that delivered the latest update in the search for the Higgs boson at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Meyrin, near Geneva, Switzerland, on July 4, 2012.
Msnbc.com science editor Alan Boyle reports — Scientists say they've discovered a type of particle that's never been seen before — a particle that mostly matches the description of the fabled Higgs boson.
Hundreds thronged to an auditorium at the CERN particle-physics center near Geneva to hear the latest from the Large Hadron Collide, and thousands more watched the proceedings on computers and big screens around the world. Read the full story.
Muhammed Muheisen / AP
Vehicles move past Pakistani day-laborers, sleeping under a mosquito net, in the middle of a street in Islamabad, Pakistan, early Monday, June 4, 2012.
Muhammed Muheisen / AP
Images of daily life, political pursuits, religious rites and deadly violence.
See more images from Pakistan in our slideshow at left and on PhotoBlog.
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A migrant worker rests his head on his construction hat and a soft-drink bottle as he sleeps in front of a construction site in central Beijing, China on May 27. Over the past decades, China's economic boom has largely been built on cheap labor and excessive use of resources. But a new generation of migrant workers demanded higher pay and better treatment, which adds to labor costs at home, Xinhua News Agency reported.
As he sleeps in front of an unreal vision of blue skies and fluffy clouds, I wonder if this migrant worker dreams of a bucolic life far from the Chinese capital.
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A worker takes a nap surrounded by ducklings at a duck farm on the outskirts of Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China on April 5.
He's going to struggle to get 40 winks with that lot around.
Rodrigo Abd / AP
Avraz Ali carries his son Guhulamabac on a bicycle in Karte Sakhi neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 8.
Oh, to be able to sleep anytime, anywhere.
Daniel LeClair / Reuters
A vendor takes a nap at a market in Guatemala City May 20, 2010.
I like the light and color palette Daniel Leclair captured in this image. But most of all, I like the feeling of peace he captured.
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