Stretching after waking feels so pleasant for the same reason it does for cats, but not everyone enjoys the benefits The stretching you do after waking isn’t really stretching. It is a process ...

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 ...

Robert Provine had this deliciously dangerous idea. The professor of psychology at the University of Maryland remembered the famous Monty Python sketch about a joke so funny that it killed anyone who ...

A man has been sentenced to six months in prison for his "boisterous" yawning in court. Clifton Williams was watching a trial at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, where his cousin was ...

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 ...