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Revisited: The surprising science of dreams and nightmares

Revisited: The surprising science of dreams and nightmares

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Ian Sample puts listeners’ questions about dreams and nightmares to Dr Michelle Carr, the director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory in Montreal’s Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine

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In this episode from January 2026, Ian Sample puts listeners’
questions about dreams and nightmares to Dr Michelle Carr, the
director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory in Montreal’s Centre
for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, and the author of the book
Into the Dream Lab. They look at why we dream, what we can learn by
examining our dreams, and what we can do when dreams turn into
nightmares. Carr gives her top tips for taking charge of our dreams
and trying to influence their content. Help support our independent
journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod