Although yawning seems like a small, everyday action, recent studies have found that it causes an unexpected reaction in the fluid protecting the brain. A research team in Australia reports that a ...

Yawning can impact the flow of cerebrospinal fluid and venous blood flow, suggesting a regulation of neurofluids and increase ...

Sleepyheads take note — a UA researcher may have helped discover the cause behind yawning. Omar Eldakar, a postdoctoral fellow in the UA Center for Insect Science, and Andrew Gallup, a postdoctoral ...

Researchers believe the yawning robot may have triggered some biological mechanism in the chimps that they associated with sleep. Image: Popular Science composite, Getty Images/ RMJM, Aline ...

European Tree Frog (Hyla arborea) yawning on a Bramble (Rubus sp.) bush in the forest in Noord Brabant in the Netherlands© Henk Bogaard/Shutterstock.com You know the feeling. It’s getting close to ...

Yawning isn’t just a deep breath indicating tiredness or boredom, but a process that reorganises the flow of fluids out of the brain, according to MRI scans that also suggest we each yawn in a ...

Yawning is one of the most common reflexes in our body. It is usually harmless and mostly indicates tiredness or fatigue. However, excessive yawning can be concerning. When you yawn too much, it could ...

Open your mouth wide, stretch the muscles of your jaw and upper body, take a slow breath in, and then exhale quickly. What have you done? You have yawned. Many animals, including humans, yawn. They do ...

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