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 ...

Have you ever wondered why yawning is contagious? It may be a way to bond with your fellow human being, but scientists have other theories. We’re one sentence into this story and I’ve already yawned ...

Is it true that we yawn when our brains are deprived of oxygen? Most of us can feel a yawn coming on. The muscles in our jaw begin to tighten, our nostrils might flare, and our eyes might tear up as ...

When she worked in banking, Nana Gigolaeva used to shift her eyes from left to right during her boss’ presentations. “It made me focus so I wouldn’t yawn,” says Gigolaeva, 30, of Walnut Creek, Calif. ...

The human body is full of mysteries. We often find ourselves questioning various reflexes. For instance, why do our eyes twitch? Why do we get a brain freeze? And why do we have hiccups? But among ...

Q: I’ve been yawning a lot lately, and it got me thinking about what causes this phenomenon. Does anyone know why we yawn, and do you have any idea why yawns seem to be contagious? A: Most people yawn ...

Ho-hum. Although everyone yawns, not everyone finds it easy to “catch” a yawn. Studies have shown that only 50 percent to 60 percent of us will yawn when someone else yawns in our sight. Being ...

My dog is a big yawner. The very first time I picked him up when he was a puppy, he was a yawning, bundle of squirm. (You can see his photo from those yawny puppy years below.) It's two years later, ...

Is yawning the next big piece of the autism puzzle? Sept. 15, 2010 -- Nicole Anthony understands the challenges of raising a child with autism. Her 13-year-old son, Miyka-El, has a milder form of the ...

Captain Sandy Yawn is treading dangerous waters in the Bravoverse for scolding second stew Elena “Ellie” Dubaich after she woke up Chef Johnathan “Jono” Shillingford to make the Below Deck ...