The yawn reflex (pandiculation) is not a classical neural reflex arc, but rather a coordinated neural and muscular arousal reflex mediated by the brain stem. A yawn is a sequence of events that begins with a deep inspiration of air and ends with a...

As the bird goes from tree to tree, the yawn goes from man to man. (Irish) One man yawning makes another yawn too....

A yawn (synonyms chasma, pandiculation[1], oscitation from the Latin verb oscitare, to open the mouth wide [2] ) is a reflex of deep inhalation and exhalation associated with tiredness, stress, over-work, lack of stimulation, or boredom. Pandiculation...

Want to know who is looking at you in a crowd? Try this: Pretend to yawn. Open your mouth really wide, and scrunch up your eyes. For added drama, you might stretch. Then look around. Anyone else yawning? If they are, they were probably...

LAST YEAR it was major news when Congress adopted its resolution promising to balance the budget by the year 2002. This year it's a yawn. It's not that the resolution is that much changed; the Republicans have moderated their positions only on the margin....

I guess I should try to like-or at least understand-some of the summer schlock that pours up from Hollywood hell every year, when the weather turns unbearable and otherwise sane people think nothing of throwing away large chunks of mad money to seek air-conditioned relief...

A newspaper connected to China's ruling Communist Party has called on local governments to use less force when dealing with protesters.A protest against rising bus fares in Hunan province this month reportedly drew 20,000 people and prompted a harsh police crackdown in which witnesses said...