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A fetus doesn’t have to see a yawn to catch it. Mothers can spread yawns to their yet-to-be-born offspring during pregnancy, researchers report May 5 in Current Biology. But researchers largely ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Monica Day visited COSI to learn more about the museum’s axolotls inside the Little Kidspace exhibit. Staff member Libby Dean introduced several of the creatures, explaining ...

New research suggests yawning might help your ‘glymphatic system’—aka the brain’s waste clearance pathway. In a small study of 22 participants who underwent MRI scans, yawning sent cerebrospinal fluid ...

Yawning is incredibly contagious, and more often than not, seeing someone yawn right in front of us makes us instinctively do the same. It is often tied to social and emotional connection and brain ...

Mayor’s attempt to beautify the city with murals of mascot and plum paint jobs criticised as waste of resources The giant purple axolotl peered up at Manuel Martínez from the black bitumen of the ...

Just about every animal with a backbone yawns (maybe even dinosaurs), but why we do it is still something of a mystery. A SciFri listener from Texas recently spotted some research that suggests ...

The way we yawn could be as unique as our fingerprints, researchers find. — dpa A deep sigh and intake of breath with arms stretched back in a lazy arc: yawning is rarely a good look when it comes in ...

Scientists studying axolotls, zebrafish, and mice have uncovered a shared set of genes that may one day help humans regrow lost limbs. By identifying powerful “SP genes” involved in regeneration, ...

Countless pet owners across the globe have no doubt wished at one time or another that their animals could actually talk to them — to truly understand what their dog is feeling or trying to say. As ...