Have you ever found yourself starting to yawn just because you saw someone else do it? It’s not your imagination: Yawns really are contagious! In fact, humans can feel the urge to yawn after seeing, ...

A new paper finds that yawning is indeed contagious—and that any attempts to stifle that yawn will only make the urge even stronger. You’ve probably experienced the phenomenon yourself — you see ...

The average adult yawns about 20 times a day. But why? Surely we can’t all be that tired. The truth is, the science behind yawning is more complex than just a few hours too little sleep. Even more ...

It happened this past week -- a yawning gap in our knowledge filled at last. Humans do it ... chimps do it ... even educated dogs do it. We all do it: We all tend to start yawning when we see, or even ...

Why do we yawn? Yawning is a universal gesture. Everyone yawns, from babies still in their mother's womb to the elderly. However, the exact reasons for this reflex are not well understood. Is it just ...

TIME’s new health column, It’s Not Just You, explores the phenomena behind some of life’s most everyday yet baffling behaviors. If seeing someone mid-yawn makes you involuntarily stretch out your ...

It is highly contagious and very common. You can catch it at any time, and there may be nothing you can do to prevent it. Sound scary? Fortunately, it, yawning, is not too harmful...unless you are on ...

If you own a dog, you’ve probably seen him yawn. A lot. And while a dog yawning is certainly adorable, you may have also wondered, “Why do dogs yawn so much?” Do they yawn for the same reason humans ...