Scientists say they’ve found an infection more likely to strike women than men: the yawn. Many of us have felt that irresistible urge to yawn after seeing a colleague or buddy yawn. Though the reasons ...

Italian scientists who documented humans interacting in everyday situations have found that women are more susceptible to catching the urge to yawn from others than men are. The findings, published in ...

Yawning seems like such a simple act, yet it holds surprising power over us. Just watching someone yawn — even a stranger — can suddenly trigger the irresistible urge to yawn yourself. Why does this ...

When 36-year-old Hayley Black from the UK woke up one morning to feed her newborn, she never imagined a simple reflex would turn into a nightmare. Mimicking her baby Amelia’s yawn, Hayley stretched, ...

We do it when we're tired, when we're bored or when we're hungry; parachutists have been seen to do it before a jump, and research has even suggested a link between yawning and sexual arousal. But the ...

Capt. Sandy Yawn is the featured speaker at The Press Democrat’s upcoming “Women in Conversation” event. Capt. Sandy Yawn, best known as the commander of a mega-yacht on the BravoTV series “Below Deck ...

Yes. You’re probably going to yawn while you read this. Writing this piece, and reading research on yawning, I’ve been yawning nonstop, uncontrollably. And it's not because research on yawning is ...

Beyond mere tiredness, frequent yawning might signal serious health concerns. Research links excessive yawning to neurological disorders like epilepsy and stroke, potential issues with your autonomic ...

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