January 3, 2019

Why do I breathe without thinking about it?

Credit goes to your brain stem, the autopilot for your most important automatic functions: breathing, blood pressure, and heart rate. The brain controls some of our […]
January 3, 2019

Why do we need to sleep?

Video games, track meets, chemistry class – your waking hours are crammed with activities and tasks that give your noggin a real workout. All that processing […]
January 3, 2019

Is yawning contagious?

Absolutely! In fact, yawning is so contagious that even reading about yawning can make you yawn.(Go ahead and get it out of your system) Studies have […]
January 3, 2019

Is yawning contagious for other animals besides humans?

You bet, at least among higher primates such as chimpanzees and bonobos (for the same reason as for humans, researchers suspect). Even more surprising, experiments show […]